gfc-afc-volume-mon

[Steve Randall]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:35:59 +1030
Shane Ambler <FreeBSD at ShaneWare.Biz> wrote:

> On 12/11/2012 09:40, ajtiM wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I use FreeBSD 9.1-RC3 #0 r242324 mnow. After updtae from 9.1-RC2 to
> > RC3 I have a problem with GIMP which start more slow than before and
> > top shows me:
> >
> >
> > THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE   C   TIME   WCPU COMMAND 3 102
> > 0 44176K  9256K CPU1    0   1:11 100.00% gvfs-afc-volume-mon
> >
> > Firefox and Inkscape wok same as before and gvfs-* doesn't show.
> >
> 
> I have been running 9.0 all year and have seen this issue but haven't
> gone as far as tracking down the cause of it hanging like that. I
> wondered if it may have an issue with zfs - I run a pure zfs system.
> 
> While it will use 100% cpu and keep the disk busy I have tried letting
> it run for a few hours and it doesn't stop.
> 
> It is gtk related - a lot of gtk/gnome apps trigger it when starting
> even xfce starts it on login, others will trigger/re-trigger when the
> open file dialog is used.

A web search turns up a number of reports of exactly this same
problem... on Linux. So, not a FreeBSD bug.


> 
> My biggest concern is not knowing where it comes from - it is not
> listed in any packing list for installed ports. All the build logs
> from my tinderbox setup have no mention of it.

This looks like another auto-configure bug. gvfs-afc-volume-monitor is
built by devel/gvfs when the necessary library is present. It should
either be exposed as a port option or else be explicitly disabled.