FWIW, here's the backtrace, not that it's especially helpful: (gdb) thread apply all bt
Thread 1 (process 2277): #0 0xb7771424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb756b64d in ___newselect_nocancel () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82 #2 0x08049676 in ?? () #3 0x08049cc8 in ?? () #4 0xb74b8e37 in __libc_start_main (main=0x80497c0, argc=5, ubp_av=0xbf9a7814, init=0x8049d70, fini=0x8049dd0, rtld_fini=0xb7780a50, stack_end=0xbf9a780c) at libc-start.c:226 #5 0x08048e01 in ?? () -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758453 Title: syndaemon consuming 100% CPU spinning on select(2) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs