On Jan 1, 2008 9:51 PM, Jeff Krebs <jkrebs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oddest issue with pcsc. I'm getting 100% CPU usage while running pcscd. > > Now to story... > > Finally got my CAC Card setup running and working. I'm able to do what > I need to do with PKI certificates and such. Athena reader, Athena > driver. Started with java-1.7.0-icedtea. Joy and happiness abounding > except... > > IcedTea just wasn't doing it. CNN video wasn't working. Odds and ends > borked or not functioning. > > Managed to get all SunJava 1.6.0r3 packages built and installed under > Fedora 8. Even the jdbc and fonts. My machine passed the Java.com test > and even updated the java applets (hadn't seen that before). Java works > wonderful, everything seems to function very well. Except... > > Now, after removing IcedTea and installing Sun-Java, my CPU is at 100%. > Top shows pcscd as #1, burning over 91% of the CPU. This is a P4 1.6 > Ghz, and I have 1.2 G of RAM. I can stop pcscd through the "Services" > configuration interface (via /usr/sbin/system-config-services). The > system CPU usage immediately drops to around 7%. Much weeping and > gnashing of teeth... > > Now, the question. What's going on? Why does Java appear to cause a > race condition in pcscd? I can certainly disable pcscd when I don't > need it, but when I do need it, will I have to face high CPU usage? > > > Jeff Krebs > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hi again Jeff Krebs! Just a thought (and a bit lazy of a hack) but you could nice pcscd (man nice). Have Fun! Tod