[arch-general] gtk apps causing X cpu usage 85-100%

[David C. Rankin]

On 08/02/2012 05:24 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos wrote:
> Are you running ntpd ? Could be related to:
> http://serverfault.com/questions/403732/anyone-else-experiencing-high-rates-of-linux-server-crashes-during-a-leap-second
>
> Try stopping the ntpd and setting the date manually as suggested. Then
> start ntpd again.
>
> I had this problem on a Java application (activeMQ)
>

   I was bitten by this as soon as the leap second happened and followed the 
thread "Re: [arch-general] Leap seconds ntp and chrony?" I host a couple of 
minecraft servers for my kids. As soon as the leap second was injected, the 
apps crashed dead in their tracks. That was a completely different box though.

   Here, time itself doesn't seem to be the issue. The sysclock and hwclock 
are fairly well synced:

09:46 providence:~> date && sudo hwclock --show
Fri Aug  3 09:46:19 CDT 2012
Fri 03 Aug 2012 09:46:20 AM CDT  -0.736355 seconds

   The drift does bounce a bit, but I'm not sure that matters:

09:46 providence:~> date && sudo hwclock --show
Fri Aug  3 09:46:19 CDT 2012
Fri 03 Aug 2012 09:46:20 AM CDT  -0.736355 seconds

09:46 providence:~> date && sudo hwclock --show
Fri Aug  3 09:47:21 CDT 2012
Fri 03 Aug 2012 09:47:22 AM CDT  -0.891175 seconds

09:47 providence:~> date && sudo hwclock --show
Fri Aug  3 09:47:28 CDT 2012
Fri 03 Aug 2012 09:47:29 AM CDT  -0.250572 seconds

   I'll keep and eye on this issue. I wonder if any of the latest changes to 
the init/shutdown system or rc.conf could have done this?

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.