What should be a, new, quiet HDA server (Amahi 6.0 / Fedora 14) running under my desk has been sounding like a jet engine and making my office hot. On investigation, I found that CPU usage (on a 2 core system) was 100%, being taken up by gam_server and the noise was from the power supply fan.
I ended up killing gam_server which has restored peace and quiet. Is it part of the standard HDA installation? A Google search does not throw much light on the problem or what gam_server (Gamin) is used for, although I believe that Gamin is a file monitor.
gam_server 100% CPU utilisation
Re: gam_server 100% CPU utilisation
I seriously doubt this is part of the standard Amahi installation. It most likely would have been installed by Fedora 14. I have never heard of anyone having an issue such as this until now.
Can you provide more details on how you installed Fedora 14 and Amahi? Also, did you modify any configuration settings before discovering this issue? We would like to know more to determine if this is something that might need to be addressed.
Can you provide more details on how you installed Fedora 14 and Amahi? Also, did you modify any configuration settings before discovering this issue? We would like to know more to determine if this is something that might need to be addressed.
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My HDA: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz on MSI board, 16GB RAM, 1TBx1+2TBx2+4TBx2
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My HDA: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz on MSI board, 16GB RAM, 1TBx1+2TBx2+4TBx2
Re: gam_server 100% CPU utilisation
Fedora 14 is the 64bit version, installed from a DVD. It was a fresh install, as Amahi was previously running on an older machine 32bit with a same set of applications. At the moment I only have one app installed (a theme) - I have seen a couple of references to Gamin in relation to media files, but I don't, yet, have any relevant apps installed. I was, however, having some problems mounting an external USB hard drive, with error messages (Failed to Fork: cannot allocate memory) which required a reboot to clear. Since Gamin monitors for changed file states, it might be linked to this. Gamin has not restarted since I killed it. (I notice that almost all of the 6Gb physical memory is being used, with 200Mb free, although no swap is being used).
The only other application that I have installed is Asterisk, but this was running on the old HDA with no problems.
I will unplug the USB drive tomorrow and then see what happens when I remount. It is the only thing that I can think of that triggers Gamin. The references I have found to gam_server also refer to a problem with high CPU use, so if I get the problem again I will work through some of the solutions and post the results here.
The only other application that I have installed is Asterisk, but this was running on the old HDA with no problems.
I will unplug the USB drive tomorrow and then see what happens when I remount. It is the only thing that I can think of that triggers Gamin. The references I have found to gam_server also refer to a problem with high CPU use, so if I get the problem again I will work through some of the solutions and post the results here.
Re: gam_server 100% CPU utilisation
Understand. It could be related to the USB drive. Not sure about asterisk, but would not rule out anything at this point. Might be new behavior that is specific to Fedora 14 too. One can never tell.
Thanks for the explanation and look forward to hearing what you find out.
Thanks for the explanation and look forward to hearing what you find out.
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My HDA: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz on MSI board, 16GB RAM, 1TBx1+2TBx2+4TBx2
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My HDA: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz on MSI board, 16GB RAM, 1TBx1+2TBx2+4TBx2
Re: gam_server 100% CPU utilisation
This is from my Debian box, but the file serves the same purpose in Fedora.
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Gamin is a file and directory monitoring system which allows applications to detect when a file or a directory has been added, removed or modified by somebody else.
It can be used by desktops like KDE, GNOME or Xfce to have their virtual file systems keep track of changes to files and directories. For example, if a file manager displays a directory to the user, and the user removes one of the files via the command-line, gamin will notify the file manager of this change so that it can update the directory display.
Gamin has been designed as a drop-in replacement for FAM with security and maintainability in mind and can use Linux's advanced inotify service when available.
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