Timidity running and hogging one core of my CPU

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Twice now (with some time between, a few weeks I think) has Timidity started out of nowhere when I start up my computer from sleep. It takes up all the processing power of one of my cores and has been running now for about 5 to 10 minutes and I would like to know why this process is starting up.

Running pstree shows the process as a direct descendant of systemd so I guess systemd is responsible for starting timidity, but I don't know how to look for the configuration that started timidity.

If I run strace on the process I get the following:

ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0)     = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(6, SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_GET_QUEUE_STATUS, 0x16c83e0) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x7fff43107780) = 0
ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HWSYNC, 0x3cd407d5) = 0

The files that are open by that process are:

/dev/null
/dev/snd/timer
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
/dev/snd/controlC0
/dev/snd/seq

The command line that ran is:

/usr/bin/timidity-Os-iAD

These last 3 information are taken from /proc/$PID/.

So I ask, how can I find out why timidity is being run (I will tackle the problem of why it is taking up all of one cores later).

Timidity has a daemon, that starts over an init-skript Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 but I don't know why it consums your core. — user192526, Dec 17, 2016 at 14:52
I am not that familiar with systemd, can I somehow see where the command is that starts up timidity? — ojs, Dec 17, 2016 at 14:58

user192526user192526 · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-17 16:14:20Z

 cat /run/systemd/generator.late/timidity.service
# Automatically generated by systemd-sysv-generator

[Unit]
SourcePath=/etc/init.d/timidity
Description=LSB: start and stop timidity
Before=runlevel2.target runlevel3.target runlevel4.target runlevel5.target shutdown.target
After=remote-fs.target
Conflicts=shutdown.target

[Service]
Type=forking
Restart=no
TimeoutSec=5min
IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
KillMode=process
GuessMainPID=no
RemainAfterExit=yes
SysVStartPriority=1
ExecStart=/etc/init.d/timidity start
ExecStop=/etc/init.d/timidity stop

The systemd-unit is generate dynamic by systemd. To prevent the start you can use chkconfig or erase the link /etc/rc2.d/S01timidity I would prefere chkconfig --del timidity

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