[Wylug-help] Should apt be running constantly?

[Howard Close]

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Can't remember now if I
upgraded from 10.04 via CD or Update Manager (maybe the first line of
/etc/apt/sources.list suggests a CD install??). I
append  /etc/apt/sources.list  - looks like CD sources are already
commented out.

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Alpha i386 (20100803.1)]/
maverick main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main
restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security multiverse
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib
non-free


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On 31 October 2011 09:41, James Holden <wylug at jamesholden.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 06:05:16PM +0100, Howard Close wrote:
> > I find that background processes are using about 50% of my processor. Top
> > reveals that this is almost exclusively caused by apt-get.
>
> Well, 100% of one of your CPU cores at a guess :-)
>
> > Is this normal behaviour for apt? What is it doing to consume so much of
> my
> > processing power?
>
> No, I suspect it's stuck. Did you install from CD by any chance?
>
> There was a bug some time ago where apt was polling for the CD to check the
> package list.
>
> Check /etc/apt/sources.list for lines starting "deb cdrom:" and comment
> them
> out by placing a # character at the start of the line.
>
>
>
> James
>
>
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