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Re: Why is gvfsd-metadata my top task in top -- is it a problem, and what should I do if it is.

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On Thursday, February 11, 2021 12:12:45 PM Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> On 11.02.2021 20:58, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > On my Wheezy system, I've noticed that for the past 2 or 3 days, gvfsd-
> > metadata has been the top running task when I check with top.

> It sure looks like a bug of some sort. "gvfsd-metadata" process in "top"
> on my system (Buster) is always idle:
>      1519 xxxx      20   0  164688   5832 5284 S   0,0   0,0   0:00.09
> gvfsd-metadata
> Maybe this will help. [1] Sounds reasonable enough to try.
> As for firefox I remember it was quite a resource hog a few years ago,
> but recent enough versions of it consumes so much less memory and CPU.

Thanks!  I'll keep watching, but it seems that simply deleting the gvfsd-
metadata directory also killed the task, and it has not reappeared (so far).

> [1]
> https://iamparv.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/solved-ubuntu-gvfsd-metadata-cpu-h
> igh-usage-100/

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Why is gvfsd-metadata my top task in top -- is it a problem, and what should I do if it is. rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-02-11 17:00 +0100
  Re: Why is gvfsd-metadata my top task in top -- is it a problem, and  what should I do if it is. "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2021-02-11 18:20 +0100
    Re: Why is gvfsd-metadata my top task in top -- is it a problem, and what should I do if it is. rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-02-11 19:50 +0100
  Re: Why is gvfsd-metadata my top task in top -- is it a problem, and  what should I do if it is. "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-02-11 19:40 +0100

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