xfce4 and 6.2: dbus-daemon is using 100% cpu

[Jason Morgan]

On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:31:48AM -0400, Charlie wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm running 6.2-RELEASE on two systems (a Pentium 4 and a dual Athlon), and
> whenever I log into Xfce4, I notice that a process called "dbus-daemon" is
> invoked and eats up 100% of the CPU when no other processes are running.
> 
> If another process is running, dbus-daemon only hogs about 50% of the CPU,
> but this is still frustrating. If, for example, I am compiling a port,
> dbus-daemon takes about 50% of my CPU time, leaving only half the
> processor's time for compiling.
> 
> I am fairly new to xfce, and googling the issue hasn't helped me out. Any
> ideas? How can I fix dbus so it doesn't use so much CPU, or how can I
> disable it completely? I know it is used for inter-application
> communication, but I'm not entirely sure I need it (I don't see any adverse
> effects when I kill it manually).
> 
> I don't see anything unusual in /var/log/messages, nor any errors in
> ~/.xsession-errors.
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Charlie

I've run into this before (along with other dbus/Thunar issues) and it
was only fixed by building XFCE from source. Installing from the
package has always caused problems for me. I run XFCE on three
workstations -- though I run -STABLE -- all of them had the same
problem.

I know, not much help.

Cheers,

~Jason