I can't seem to reproduce this. I've tried with NetworkManager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu5 with the /var/lib/ofono directory inexistent, with it created, with it created and with subdirectories...
I've also tried another version I was working on; can't see it there either... And before testing all that I built NM with a patch to not try to bring up a g_file_monitor for that path if it doesn't exist; and that obviously also doesn't show the problem. Is there any more you can add to this bug report, such as what version of NM is running at the time, and whether ofono is also installed and running (though I expect it's not, since you don't appear to have /var/lib/ofono). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289532 Title: NetworkManager is polling every 4 seconds on the Desktop looking for /var/lib/ofono Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I was looking at what's sucking power on the Trusty desktop and found that NetworkManager is polling every 4 seconds adding an inotify watch on /var/lib/ofono (which does not exist on the desktop - isn't that a phone related component?). Anyhow, strace on one of the threads of NetworkManager shows: sudo strace -p 710 Process 710 attached restart_syscall(<... resuming interrupted call ...>) = 0 inotify_add_watch(8, "/var/lib/ofono", IN_MODIFY|IN_ATTRIB|IN_CLOSE_WRITE|IN_MOVED_FROM|IN_MOVED_TO|IN_CREATE|IN_DELETE|IN_DELETE_SELF|IN_MOVE_SELF|IN_UNMOUNT|IN_ONLYDIR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 2, 3996) = 0 (Timeout) inotify_add_watch(8, "/var/lib/ofono", IN_MODIFY|IN_ATTRIB|IN_CLOSE_WRITE|IN_MOVED_FROM|IN_MOVED_TO|IN_CREATE|IN_DELETE|IN_DELETE_SELF|IN_MOVE_SELF|IN_UNMOUNT|IN_ONLYDIR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 2, 3995) = 0 (Timeout) inotify_add_watch(8, "/var/lib/ofono", IN_MODIFY|IN_ATTRIB|IN_CLOSE_WRITE|IN_MOVED_FROM|IN_MOVED_TO|IN_CREATE|IN_DELETE|IN_DELETE_SELF|IN_MOVE_SELF|IN_UNMOUNT|IN_ONLYDIR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 2, 3995) = 0 (Timeout) inotify_add_watch(8, "/var/lib/ofono", IN_MODIFY|IN_ATTRIB|IN_CLOSE_WRITE|IN_MOVED_FROM|IN_MOVED_TO|IN_CREATE|IN_DELETE|IN_DELETE_SELF|IN_MOVE_SELF|IN_UNMOUNT|IN_ONLYDIR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) So: 1. The polling is rather heavy - every 4 seconds? Is that really necessary? 2. Surely we can avoid repeatedly adding a watch on a directory that does not exist. Are there better ways than doing this so frequently, especially because it does not seem relevant on my desktop install. Anyhow, can this be investigated, it's one of the final big causes of wakeups on an idle desktop image. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1289532/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
