bug#39341: Installer using 100% of a CPU core

[Bengt Richter]

Hi Florian,

On +2021-04-27 14:32:09 +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 12:38:23PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > What do you mean by “fails on real hardware”?  That the keyboard layout
> > is unchanged?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> > Is there anything in /var/log/messages
> 
> No, nothing out of the ordinary, only the installer pages I went
> through.
> 
> > or wherever kmscon
> > writes its logs?
> 
> I try with
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
> index 24b3ea785b..0eff24828c 100644
> --- a/gnu/services/base.scm
> +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
> @@ -2330,6 +2330,7 @@ This service is not part of @var{%base-services}."
>  
>         (define kmscon-command
>           #~(list
> +            #$(file-append strace "/bin/strace") "-o" "/var/log/kmscon-out" 
> "-f"
>              #$(file-append kmscon "/bin/kmscon") "--login"
>              "--vt" #$virtual-terminal
>              "--no-switchvt" ;Prevent a switch to the virtual terminal.
> 
> I do
> 
> cat /var/log/kmscon-out | grep keymap-update
> 
> I see
> 
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 17
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 20
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 23
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 26
> 259   stat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0, 
> ...}) = 0
> 259   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", 
> O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 19
> 259   lstat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, 
> st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 26
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 18
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 21
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 24
> 
> 
> Now I checked again; after going back to the installer via
> Ctrl-Alt-F1, I can actually type Amharic.  Maybe it just took a long
> time?  But it does not change back to English.
> 
> I have more lines in kmscon-out by now
> 
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 17
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 20
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 23
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 26
> 259   stat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0, 
> ...}) = 0
> 259   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", 
> O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 19
> 259   lstat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, 
> st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 26
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 18
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 21
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 24
> 259   stat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, st_size=0, 
> ...}) = 0
> 259   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", 
> O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 19
> 259   lstat("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0700, 
> st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> 231   unlink("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update") = 0
> 231   mknod("/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", S_IFIFO|0700) = 0
> 231   openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/kmscon-231-keymap-update", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) 
> = 24
> 
> It has still not gone back to English layout (except when I press
> Alt+Shift).
> 
> Regards,
> Florian
> 
> 
> 

Perhaps this old bug in some form?
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776570
and solution linked from there might help?
    http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/333368

-- 
Regards,
Bengt Richter