Description of problem: Since I upgraded to the KDE 3.4.0 RC1.7 I see lots of kfmclient processes being started - 4 hours uptime and over 3000 zomby processes! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdebase-3.4.0-0.rc1.7 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Update to the latest KDE in RawHide; 2. Start KDE; Actual results: It starts producing kfmclient processes. Majority of these will zomby soon. Expected results: No issues with the kfmclient. Additional info: How do I stop it doing that?
strange, it's not reproduce on my test machine. does this problem still appear if you start KDE with a new user ?
With little testing the issue does happen only when there is a CD in one of the drives - "_NEC DV-5800A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive". The box has also a CDRW and SCSI CDrom, but drives in these will not be an issue. As soon as to eject it the "zomby" count will stop and to reinsert it will start it again. Btw: The CD is not even mounted, just is in the drive.
Even the drive is not important as soon as at least 2 of the 3 drives are populated with the CDs the "zombing" will start. hda: Maxtor 6Y120P0, ATA DISK drive hdc: LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-411S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: _NEC DV-5800A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive The SCSI is som model of NEC 40X. The dmesg has following lines: "cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!"
Do you have any applications i.e. kscd that is in the system tray? It may be trying to read the CD continuously. Should not happen but may be you can avoid it by removing the app.
Created attachment 112136 [details] ps output with zombies. No, tray is empty, but the kscd is still the one what is making these zombies. How to stop it?
Check under the Desktop directory
What is under the Desktop directory? Do You mean ~/Desktop? What file?
could you please try following: first remove the $HOME/.kde/Autostart/Autorun.desktop and start KDE afterwards. does the problem still appear?
After removing the $HOME/.kde/Autostart/Autorun.desktop the problem does not appear anymore.
Do we really need to have Autorun in Autostart at all? Among other things, it means that with the default settings, every time you log into KDE you get a thirty-second bouncing CD icon on your cursor as Autorun starts. Does this really gain anything? :)
dunno, anything there with which we can replace autorun? Could you try, if the latest autorun resolves your issues?
I have autorun-3.16-1 at the moment and there is no issues at the moment.