Public bug reported: At some point polkitd starts to consume CPU power and nothing helps to make it eat less - only a reboot. This causes laptop to overheat and coolers spin like crazy.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: policykit-1 0.105-20 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 25 21:28:23 2018 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-31 (478 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) SourcePackage: policykit-1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: policykit-1 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773431 Title: polkid uses CPU extensively, laptop becomes very hot Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: At some point polkitd starts to consume CPU power and nothing helps to make it eat less - only a reboot. This causes laptop to overheat and coolers spin like crazy. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: policykit-1 0.105-20 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 25 21:28:23 2018 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-31 (478 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) SourcePackage: policykit-1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/1773431/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp