gdb shows that it is stuck inside some http request, trying to poll printer attributes:
#0 0x000078a8e6276f92 in httpGets () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2 #1 0x000078a8e6278416 in _httpUpdate () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2 #2 0x000078a8e62907d3 in cupsSendRequest () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2 #3 0x000078a8e62909d5 in cupsDoIORequest () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2 #4 0x000078a8e63bd792 in cfGetPrinterAttributes5 () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcupsfilters.so.2 #5 0x000078a8e63bde4a in cfGetPrinterAttributes3 () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcupsfilters.so.2 #6 0x000078a8e63bded3 in cfGetPrinterAttributes2 () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcupsfilters.so.2 #7 0x000058b0bbe0ec38 in ??? () #8 0x000058b0bbe05082 in ??? () #9 0x000058b0bbe0de63 in ??? () #10 0x000078a8e5ffe2fa in g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #11 0x000078a8e602d90c in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #12 0x000078a8e601b63b in g_signal_emitv () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #13 0x000058b0bbe0d9f7 in ??? () #14 0x000078a8e5ffe2fa in g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #15 0x000078a8e602df98 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #16 0x000078a8e601e591 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #17 0x000078a8e601e7c1 in g_signal_emit_valist () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #18 0x000078a8e601e883 in g_signal_emit () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #19 0x000078a8e616ac4b in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 #20 0x000078a8e6154a30 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 #21 0x000078a8e5efd48e in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #22 0x000078a8e5f5c717 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #23 0x000078a8e5efdf77 in g_main_loop_run () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #24 0x000058b0bbdf44f6 in ??? () #25 0x000078a8e5c2a1ca in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x58b0bbdf34c0, argc=argc@entry=1, argv=argv@entry=0x7ffc81ee73f8) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58 It can't be stopped: "sudo systelctl stop cups-browsed" just hangs. The only thing that worked was "sudo killall -KILL cups-browsed" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2067918 Title: cups-browsed high-cpu usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-browsed/+bug/2067918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs