Not sure if helpful but further to my above comment I find that gnome- system-monitor locks up in a futex() call:
stat64("/proc/2426", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 stat64("/proc/2427", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 stat64("/proc/2500", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 stat64("/proc/2501", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 stat64("/proc/2506", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 getdents(14, /* 0 entries */, 32768) = 0 close(14) = 0 open("/proc/stat", O_RDONLY) = 14 read(14, "cpu 7326 189 2427 91947 15582 0"..., 8191) = 1787 read(14, "", 6404) = 0 close(14) = 0 stat64("/proc/1707", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 open("/proc/1707/stat", O_RDONLY) = 14 read(14, "1707 (gnome-session) S 1157 1707"..., 8191) = 224 read(14, "", 7967) = 0 close(14) = 0 open("/proc/1707/stat", O_RDONLY) = 14 read(14, "1707 (gnome-session) S 1157 1707"..., 8191) = 224 read(14, "", 7967) = 0 close(14) = 0 open("/proc/1707/cpu", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/proc/1707/cmdline", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 14 fstat64(14, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 fcntl64(14, F_GETFL) = 0x8000 (flags O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) fstat64(14, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb3feb000 _llseek(14, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0 read(14, "/usr/bin/gnome-session\0--session"..., 4096) = 39 read(14, "", 3072) = 0 close(14) = 0 munmap(0xb3feb000, 4096) = 0 open("/proc/1707/attr/current", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 14 read(14, "unconfined\n", 4095) = 11 close(14) = 0 futex(0xb62c8b64, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 Sits on last line above at 100% cpu. If I run transmission-gtk under strace then it won't fail but if I run it normally and then attach strace after it locks up, then it is also sitting on a futex() call at 100% cpu (although in this case it also hangs my gnome-shell session). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881955 Title: System monitor freezes up when switching to Processes tab Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Gnome-system-monitor 3.20 becomes unresponsive when I switch to the Processes tab. Any other tab works. This is reproducible as it happens every time. The app does not crash but seems to hang in a loop. I am running Oneiric x64 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 26 07:03:31 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110804) SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-11 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/881955/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp