[Bug 55094] Hundreds of simultanious screensaver/kdesktop_lock processes while game open

yamal kubuntu at uhn-noc.net.ru
Thu Aug 3 19:26:26 UTC 2006


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdesktop

Started up quake4 game (full screen opengl, latest nvidia driver,
kubuntu 6.06, kernel-i686 on amd64)

Then instead of playing it, I went to do something more useful, and didn't use the mouse/keyboard for about 15 minutes. Result:
Hundreds of screensaver(kclock.kss) and kdesktop_lock processes using lots of resources, while no screen saver visible. See ps output below. The screensaver is set to start after 5 minutes (automatically, without password).

After I returned, the system was quite unresposive, so that it took
quite some effort to close the game. The kdesktop_lock and  screensaver
processes had to be manually killed off afterwards.

This is reproducable with quake4, I didn't test this with other
applications or other screensavers so far.

ps output after finally managing to exit the game as follows:

user       17981  9.5  1.0  37968 10392 ?        S    20:41   2:40 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       17982  0.3  1.1  27100 12232 ?        RN   20:41   0:05  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18061  3.5  1.0  53276 10936 ?        S    20:46   0:48 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18062  0.2  1.1  27100 12228 ?        RN   20:46   0:03  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18151  1.9  1.0  53276 10432 ?        S    20:51   0:21 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18152  0.2  1.1  27096 12224 ?        RN   20:51   0:02  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18230  1.1  1.0  50772 10704 ?        S    20:56   0:09 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18232  0.2  1.1  26964 12212 ?        RN   20:56   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18235  1.0  1.0  51428 10612 ?        S    20:56   0:07 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18236  0.1  1.1  27100 12000 ?        RN   20:56   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18239  1.0  0.9  50900 10340 ?        S    20:56   0:08 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18242  0.1  1.1  27100 12224 ?        SN   20:56   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18244  1.1  1.0  47868 10368 ?        S    20:56   0:08 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18245  0.1  1.1  26640 11756 ?        RN   20:56   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18249  1.1  1.0  51164 10416 ?        S    20:56   0:08 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18252  0.2  1.1  26636 11764 ?        RN   20:56   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18254  1.0  1.0  51696 10504 ?        S    20:56   0:07 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18258  0.2  1.1  26636 11760 ?        RN   20:56   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18261  0.9  0.9  42188 10320 ?        S    20:56   0:06 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18265  0.2  1.1  26640 11776 ?        RN   20:57   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18269  1.1  1.0  37968 10684 ?        S    20:57   0:07 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18277  0.2  1.1  26636 11760 ?        RN   20:57   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18279  0.8  1.0  38100 10592 ?        S    20:57   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18281  0.2  1.1  27100 12220 ?        SN   20:57   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18284  0.8  1.0  37968 10572 ?        S    20:57   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18285  0.1  1.1  26636 11756 ?        RN   20:57   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18288  1.0  1.0  37968 10484 ?        S    20:57   0:06 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18289  0.2  1.1  26640 11756 ?        RN   20:57   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18292  1.0  1.0  37572 10448 ?        S    20:58   0:07 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18293  0.2  1.1  27100 12224 ?        SN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18296  1.1  1.0  37568 10420 ?        S    20:58   0:07 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18297  0.2  1.1  26640 11772 ?        RN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18301  1.0  1.0  37568 10688 ?        S    20:58   0:07 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18302  0.2  1.1  27096 12176 ?        TN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18305  0.9  1.0  37700 10524 ?        S    20:58   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18306  0.1  1.1  26640 11772 ?        RN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18309  0.9  1.0  38100 10540 ?        S    20:58   0:06 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18310  0.2  1.1  27096 12228 ?        SN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18313  1.1  1.0  37308 10572 ?        S    20:58   0:07 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18315  0.2  1.1  26636 11764 ?        RN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18318  0.7  1.0  37568 10824 ?        S    20:58   0:04 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18319  0.2  1.2  27100 12512 ?        SN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18322  0.9  1.0  37568 10424 ?        S    20:58   0:06 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18323  0.2  1.1  26640 11756 ?        RN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18326  0.9  0.9  38100 10320 ?        S    20:58   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18327  0.2  1.1  26640 12076 ?        RN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18330  0.8  1.0  37304 10436 ?        S    20:58   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18331  0.1  1.1  27100 12224 ?        SN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18335  0.8  1.0  37308 10592 ?        S    20:58   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18336  0.1  1.1  26640 12132 ?        RN   20:58   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18339  0.8  1.0  37308 10604 ?        S    20:58   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18340  0.1  1.1  26640 12172 ?        RN   20:59   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18343  0.9  0.9  37704 10188 ?        S    20:59   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18344  0.2  1.1  26636 12256 ?        RN   20:59   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18347  0.8  1.0  37308 10736 ?        S    20:59   0:05 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock
user       18349  0.1  1.1  27096 12376 ?        RN   20:59   0:01  \_ /usr/bin/kclock.kss -root
user       18352  0.6  1.0  37436 10672 ?        S    20:59   0:03 

[rest snipped. it just goes on like this for another 6 minutes]

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Hundreds of simultanious screensaver/kdesktop_lock processes while game open
https://launchpad.net/bugs/55094




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