# Tracker-miner-fs-3 massive CPU usage **URL:** \ **Category:** EndeavourOS installation\ **Created:** [March 22, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848 "2023-03-22T20:21:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gillesvauvarin](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/gillesvauvarin/32/27380_2.png) [@gillesvauvarin](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/gillesvauvarin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/1 "2023-03-22T20:21:34Z")
Hi, I have a massive CPU usage (99%) from “ **tracker-miner-fs-3** ” each time I open my file manager. My OS Endeavouros is up-to-date. I use Gnome as a desktop manager. ```auto killall tracker ``` return \> tracker: no process found Any idea how to resolve this problem? ---
**Author:** ![petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/petsam/32/41308_2.png) [@petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/petsam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/2 "2023-03-22T23:42:12Z")
> [@gillesvauvarin](#): > > `killall tracker` This is supposed to act on the command that you provide `tracker`, which does not exist. Find the specific command: ```auto pgrep -a tracker ``` and either _kill 9_ the PID, or `killall `. OTOH, I would check more about this, with `htop`, or other process manager, to see what it is doing. Actually, using `htop`, you can also do the above (find and kill) 🤷 Happy hunting! 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/3 "2023-03-23T06:35:45Z")
I don’t use Gnome and i don’t know much about this tracker miner. Seems like it is used for indexing among other things? 🤔 [https://man.archlinux.org/man/tracker-miner-fs-3.1.en](https://man.archlinux.org/man/tracker-miner-fs-3.1.en) [https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker) > **[Tracker](https://tracker.gnome.org/)** > > Searching and indexing functionality provided by Tracker Project Edit: I use Kde Btw! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mbod/32/16833_2.png) [@mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mbod)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/4 "2023-03-23T08:54:04Z")
I experienced the same issue the last couple of days. I am using gnome since a long time now. But this problem with CPU load for tracker-miner-fs-3 just started some days ago. Must have something to do with a recent update. I also saw multiple coredumps related to the miner and the extract tool: ```auto ╰─# coredumpctl --no-pager TIME PID UID GID SIG COREFILE EXE SIZE Sat 2023-03-18 23:21:14 CET 10041 1000 1000 SIGSEGV missing /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 - Sat 2023-03-18 23:21:48 CET 10616 1000 1000 SIGSEGV missing /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 - Sat 2023-03-18 23:21:58 CET 10791 1000 1000 SIGSEGV missing /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 - Sat 2023-03-18 23:22:39 CET 11158 1000 1000 SIGSEGV missing /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 - Wed 2023-03-22 10:50:09 CET 23349 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 327.1K Wed 2023-03-22 10:51:38 CET 24594 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 326.5K Wed 2023-03-22 10:53:46 CET 25964 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 326.0K Wed 2023-03-22 11:02:11 CET 15386 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-extract-3 12.9M Wed 2023-03-22 11:02:12 CET 34172 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-extract-3 8.6M Wed 2023-03-22 12:54:07 CET 9728 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-extract-3 14.4M Wed 2023-03-22 12:54:07 CET 209760 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-extract-3 4.9M Wed 2023-03-22 13:15:03 CET 209872 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-extract-3 13.0M Wed 2023-03-22 14:25:03 CET 373400 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-extract-3 13.7M Wed 2023-03-22 15:05:03 CET 933355 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-extract-3 13.7M ``` Then I saw in the journal that the miner has some issue with specific AVI files in a specific folder. The error messages look like this `tracker-extract: Failed to update ignored file 'file:///myfolder/DSCFxxxx.AVI':` I found thousands of them in the log. I used dconf-editor to put \*.AVI files on the exclusion list and I renamed that folder. Now the CPU load issue does not occur anymore. ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/5 "2023-03-23T10:35:21Z")
I wonder why there is no such report on the Gnome Bug Tracker… [https://gitlab.gnome.org/groups/GNOME/-/issues](https://gitlab.gnome.org/groups/GNOME/-/issues) I mean it could be a Bug related to avi file format indeed. I can try reproducing. And as a hint if you do not use Gnome apps like music and documents and you arte not browsing/searching a huge bunch of files over the filebrowser itself you can sevely disable the tracker-miner. ---
**Author:** ![Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pudge/32/17155_2.png) [@Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Pudge)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/6 "2023-03-23T15:07:58Z")
here is a good summary of Gnome tracker. > **[Tracker](https://tracker.gnome.org/faq/)** > > Searching and indexing functionality provided by Tracker Project It appears that Gnome Tracker is a core part of Gnome and is hard to eliminate, but you might be interested in the **How can I disable Tracker in GNOME?** section. Pudge ---
**Author:** ![anon26269396](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@anon26269396](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon26269396)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/7 "2023-03-23T15:37:58Z")
I’ll never use Gnome again even though it has been many years since, there getting as bad as TikToc. Thanks for Openbox. ---
**Author:** ![mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mbod/32/16833_2.png) [@mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mbod)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/8 "2023-03-23T15:37:58Z")
I actually do not want to disable it. I like the functionality it offers. I am an in the file manager nautilus and do a search, it not only searches for filenames but also for file content. In the meantime I have reverted the changes I mentioned earlier. I removed \*.AVI from the file exclusion list (in fact I am using default exclusions again) and I renamed the folder with the AVI files back to its original name. I rebooted and everything is normal. No CPU load. But I do see a new core dump: `Thu 2023-03-23 16:27:24 CET 13707 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 326.7K` The timestamp indicates that this happened directly after I reverted the changes. I wil monitor this now and see if it is getting worse again. ---
**Author:** ![mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mbod/32/16833_2.png) [@mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mbod)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/9 "2023-03-23T15:59:56Z")
> [@joekamprad](#): > > I mean it could be a Bug related to avi file format indeed. > I can try reproducing. I get a core dump every time I do a “`tracker3 info ...`” on a movie file. If it is mkv, mp4 or avi. Is that the same for you? ```auto ╰─# tracker3 info Steve-Jobs.mkv Querying information for entity: 'Steve-Jobs.mkv' No metadata available for that URI Data object ?/data/media/Filme/MKV/Steve-Jobs.mkv? currently exists ``` results in: ```auto Mär 23 16:58:14 rakete kernel: tracker-miner-f[33848]: segfault at 5562a7de8b3c ip 00007f141fbb2c3e sp 00007ffd28a04ac0 error 4 in libtracker-sparql-3.0.so.0.500.0[7f141fbad000+73000] likely on CPU 22 (core 12, socket 0) Mär 23 16:58:14 rakete kernel: Code: 74 11 48 89 df ff 15 49 0a 0b 00 85 c0 0f 84 19 01 00 00 48 85 ed 74 54 ff 15 96 0d 0b 00 48 89 c6 48 8b 45 00 48 85 c0 74 05 <48> 39 30 74 3d 48 89 ef ff 15 1c 0a 0b 00 85 c0 75 30 48 8d 15 81 Mär 23 16:58:15 rakete systemd[1]: Started Process Core Dump (PID 33853/UID 0). Mär 23 16:58:15 rakete systemd-coredump[33854]: [🡕] Process 33848 (tracker-miner-f) of user 1000 dumped core. Stack trace of thread 33848: #0 0x00007f141fbb2c3e tracker_sparql_connection_new (libtracker-sparql-3.0.so.0 + 0x1ec3e) #1 0x00005567f109ac38 main (tracker-miner-fs-3 + 0xec38) #2 0x00007f141f955790 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x23790) #3 0x00007f141f95584a __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x2384a) #4 0x00005567f109bf45 _start (tracker-miner-fs-3 + 0xff45) Stack trace of thread 33851: #0 0x00007f141fe452d4 g_socket_condition_check (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x972d4) #1 0x00007f141fec4a8a n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x116a8a) #2 0x00007f141fec4ba9 n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x116ba9) #3 0x00007f141fec617d n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x11817d) #4 0x00007f141fe567f4 n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xa87f4) #5 0x00007f141fe5a5ed n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xac5ed) #6 0x00007f141fec4931 n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x116931) #7 0x00007f141fe41ebe n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x93ebe) #8 0x00007f141ffddafb g_main_context_dispatch (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5aafb) #9 0x00007f142003a5d9 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xb75d9) #10 0x00007f141ffdd0cf g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5a0cf) #11 0x00007f141febde4c n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x10fe4c) #12 0x00007f142000b7c5 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x887c5) #13 0x00007f141f9b7bb5 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x85bb5) #14 0x00007f141fa39d90 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x107d90) Stack trace of thread 33850: #0 0x00007f141fa2c9df __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xfa9df) #1 0x00007f142003a53f n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xb753f) #2 0x00007f141ffdb382 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x58382) #3 0x00007f141ffdb3d2 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x583d2) #4 0x00007f142000b7c5 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x887c5) #5 0x00007f141f9b7bb5 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x85bb5) #6 0x00007f141fa39d90 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x107d90) Stack trace of thread 33849: #0 0x00007f141fa320dd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1000dd) #1 0x00007f142002ea35 g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xaba35) #2 0x00007f141ffa7fc4 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x24fc4) #3 0x00007f142000d43e n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8a43e) #4 0x00007f142000b7c5 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x887c5) #5 0x00007f141f9b7bb5 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x85bb5) #6 0x00007f141fa39d90 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x107d90) Stack trace of thread 33852: #0 0x00007f141fa2c9df __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xfa9df) #1 0x00007f142003a53f n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xb753f) #2 0x00007f141ffdb382 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x58382) #3 0x00007f141eca2fde n/a (libdconfsettings.so + 0x5fde) #4 0x00007f142000b7c5 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x887c5) #5 0x00007f141f9b7bb5 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x85bb5) #6 0x00007f141fa39d90 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x107d90) ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64 ``` EDIT: The core dump also happens with jpg and png files. It does not happen for txt, ods, odt, pdf. ---
**Author:** ![CommanderKeen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/commanderkeen/32/11277_2.png) [@CommanderKeen](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/CommanderKeen)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/10 "2023-03-23T16:16:42Z")
its quite easy to disable tracker, its the first thing i always do, done it for years, no problems > sudo systemctl mask tracker-miner-fs-3.service tracker-store.service tracker-miner-fs.service tracker-miner-rss.service tracker-extract.service tracker-miner-apps.service tracker-writeback.service might need a reboot to revert i guess you do unmask ---
**Author:** ![mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mbod/32/16833_2.png) [@mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mbod)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/11 "2023-03-23T16:21:11Z")
> [@CommanderKeen](#): > > its quite easy to disable tracker, its the first thing i always do, done it for years, no problems > [@mbod](#): > > I actually do not want to disable it. I like the functionality it offers. I am an in the file manager nautilus and do a search, it not only searches for filenames but also for file content. I want to make it work. I do not want to disable it. ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/12 "2023-03-23T16:43:40Z")
> [@mbod](#): > > I get a core dump every time I do a “`tracker3 info ...`” on a movie file. If it is mkv, mp4 or avi. Is that the same for you? let me check… ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/13 "2023-03-23T16:51:04Z")
i do not have this here it just works fine and shows file infos… But … i do use gnome unstable (44) currently… same on current… what does: `LANG=C tracker3 status` show on yours? ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/14 "2023-03-23T17:48:39Z")
Easy to disable it …just install KDE! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mbod/32/16833_2.png) [@mbod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mbod)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/15 "2023-03-23T17:54:16Z")
> [@joekamprad](#): > > `LANG=C tracker3 status` show on yours? ```auto ╰─# LANG=C tracker3 status Currently indexed: 11009 files, 892 folders Remaining space on database partition: 317,8?GB (78,52%) All data miners are idle, indexing complete 2 recorded failures Path Message ?path/f0598c6dfaee4909b1169b822035e537.gif Could not get any metadata for uri:'file:///home/matthias/Dokumente/? /path-in-home//xyzxyz.pdf ?ms.tex? is not an absolute IRI ``` ---
**Author:** ![Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pudge/32/17155_2.png) [@Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Pudge)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/16 "2023-03-23T17:55:36Z")
> [@ricklinux](#): > > Easy to disable it …just install KDE! 🤣 But then you have to disable baloo 😫 Pudge ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tracker-miner-fs-3-massive-cpu-usage/38848/17 "2023-03-23T18:14:26Z")
Not always… 😉