[Bug 915324] [NEW] thunderbird is consuming too much CPU

[Colin King]

Public bug reported:

I upgraded from Oneiric to Precise and now thunderbird is consuming >50%
of my CPU all the time.

Attached is a strace of the busy process.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: thunderbird 10.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.15+mousehack-generic 3.2.0
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC861-VD Analog [ALC861-VD Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC861-VD Analog [ALC861-VD Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  king       1891 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120110165224
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc300000 irq 47'
   Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC861-VD'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0862,17aa3867,00100001'
   Controls      : 18
   Simple ctrls  : 11
Channel: beta
Date: Thu Jan 12 14:24:54 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.155.0.1 dev wlan0  proto static 
 10.155.0.0/21 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.155.3.11  metric 2 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=10.0/20120110165224 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/14/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 68ET27WW
dmi.board.name: IEL10
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: REFERENCE
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr68ET27WW:bd11/14/2007:svnLENOVO:pn0769BMG:pvr3000N200:rvnLENOVO:rnIEL10:rvrREFERENCE:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: 0769BMG
dmi.product.version: 3000 N200
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug battery-power-consumption beta-channel precise running-unity

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