[mythtv-users] OTish: mythbuntu 11.04 polkitd memory leak
Robert McNamara
robert.mcnamara at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 21:53:02 UTC 2012
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Tim Draper <veehexx at gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm running mythbuntu 11.04 x64 as my lan server - it does the myth BE
> role, aswell as cifs & FTP file share and a torrent manager.
>
> FTP is for my security camera, which will can upload once every second
> should it detect motion (not sure if this is something that could be
> affecting my issue)
>
> the polkitd process is filling up the available ram over the space of
> 4-5 days, making the entire server come to a grinding halt untill i
> can kill it (sudo killall polkitd).
>
> a google search sugests that it's the pulse audio system causing
> issues; specifically something in the ~\.pulse\ location. but from
> what i can work out, my mythbuntu install does not have pulse
> installed.
>
> when i kill polkitd, it will disappear for a short while and then
> return to consume all the available ram.
>
> so, i'm at a loss. my linux skills are fairly weak so i don't know how
> to work out whats going on.
> can you guys put any suggestions forward?
>
>
Please seek help on an Ubuntu forum, this is not MythTV related.
Robert
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