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The harddrive is old and should have been retired ages ago but instead it is still trying to do its best.
I dont use wifi, got the laptop hooked up to a ethernet cable.
Why the process gvfsd-smb-browse takwes alot of cpu i dont know either, dont even have a clue what it is and if i actually need it.
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Hi,
O.K on being on cable, I believe the gvfsd-smb-brows is to do with networking/shares.
Do you connect to any other PC's or to a NAS.?
Otherwise, not sure what else you can check/do.?
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(07-20-2015, 07:59 PM)Wirezfree link Wrote:Hi,
O.K on being on cable, I believe the gvfsd-smb-brows is to do with networking/shares.
Do you connect to any other PC's or to a NAS.?
Otherwise, not sure what else you can check/do.?
Connecting to notting else, only got 1 laptop and no other pc's or nas
As soon as the laptop is started up it works fine, its just that i noticed it is booting slower then after a fresh install, now it takes almost twice as long to boot up.
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This workaround taken from Brett Bogert at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc...ug/1409032 appears successful at getting the high CPU of gvfsd-smb-browse to disappear at login. It worked for me.
Quote:After not be satisfied with any of the above workarounds to the problem
I decided to take a look at the problem and see if I could come up with
a "cleaner" workaround or fix.
I found that this problem occurs in Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity Gnome 3.18
GnomeShell Gnome 3.20, Budgie Gnome 3.18 and Fedora 24 Beta.
After some troubleshooting I found the following solution that does
not require changing executable permissions or removing packages:
1- Make a backup copy of the smb.conf file in /etc/samba.
2- Edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file using your favorite editor
and add the following line under the "[global]" statement:
name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
The file should look like this:
[global]
name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
3- Save the file and reboot.
The problem should be fixed and you should notice that the
"Network" Icon and label shows up much quicker in your
file browser than before and the 100% CPU usage is gone.
Hope this helps.
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Interesting...
Since the beginning of my Linux use I had built a long list of things I do before usage...
This is my TODO on networking...
Linuxsmb: Networking
[ Y ] Check/Install ~ SAMBA GUI & Network Stuff
> $ sudo apt-get install system-config-samba cifs-utils libnss-winbind winbind gvfs-backends
[ Y ] Open Linux Lite Help - Network Setup
[ Y ] Add "HOMENET" Workgroup, Samba Config file
[ Y ] Add "Resolver" order & "Master Browser" items below netbios name:
name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
local master = no
[ Y ] Re-start Networking
[ Y ] gksu leafpad /etc/nsswitch.conf
Then change the line:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
To this:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns
Then re-boot
[ Y ] Use SAMBA Gui, set up the /Public" to "PubShare" To be visible on other PC's.
Change Share Settings with SAMBA GUI Tool
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