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I noticed my laptop becomes really slow from time to time. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that this only happens after i plug the power in, and it started happening several days ago. Then I also noticed the disk led showing constant disk activity, and ran iotop to see what processes are using the disk. It showed something like:



apt-get -qq -y update


using between 98% and 99.99% of IO (all of it under disk write, zero under disk read, all the time).



I waited for several minutes to see when it will stop and it never did (when I run it, it usually takes about 20-30s to complete). Why is this happening? Can I find out what triggered apt-get update?






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  • Don't you mean apt-get -qq -y update? It throws an error when trying to use the "y" without a "-"!
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:50












  • Yes, that was probably it.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:42










  • I have brand spanking new debian9/stretch where I've installed a bunch of packages. It runs apt-get -qq -y update when booting. I didn't set that up. I'm also looking for the initiator
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 16:57










  • Found the initiator: systemctl status apt-daily.service - this is a real thing (appart from the missing - in -y). Upvoting and editing to fix the -y.
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 18:32
















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I noticed my laptop becomes really slow from time to time. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that this only happens after i plug the power in, and it started happening several days ago. Then I also noticed the disk led showing constant disk activity, and ran iotop to see what processes are using the disk. It showed something like:



apt-get -qq -y update


using between 98% and 99.99% of IO (all of it under disk write, zero under disk read, all the time).



I waited for several minutes to see when it will stop and it never did (when I run it, it usually takes about 20-30s to complete). Why is this happening? Can I find out what triggered apt-get update?






apt performance







share|improve this question
























  • Don't you mean apt-get -qq -y update? It throws an error when trying to use the "y" without a "-"!
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:50












  • Yes, that was probably it.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:42










  • I have brand spanking new debian9/stretch where I've installed a bunch of packages. It runs apt-get -qq -y update when booting. I didn't set that up. I'm also looking for the initiator
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 16:57










  • Found the initiator: systemctl status apt-daily.service - this is a real thing (appart from the missing - in -y). Upvoting and editing to fix the -y.
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 18:32














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I noticed my laptop becomes really slow from time to time. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that this only happens after i plug the power in, and it started happening several days ago. Then I also noticed the disk led showing constant disk activity, and ran iotop to see what processes are using the disk. It showed something like:



apt-get -qq -y update


using between 98% and 99.99% of IO (all of it under disk write, zero under disk read, all the time).



I waited for several minutes to see when it will stop and it never did (when I run it, it usually takes about 20-30s to complete). Why is this happening? Can I find out what triggered apt-get update?






apt performance







share|improve this question















I noticed my laptop becomes really slow from time to time. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that this only happens after i plug the power in, and it started happening several days ago. Then I also noticed the disk led showing constant disk activity, and ran iotop to see what processes are using the disk. It showed something like:



apt-get -qq -y update


using between 98% and 99.99% of IO (all of it under disk write, zero under disk read, all the time).



I waited for several minutes to see when it will stop and it never did (when I run it, it usually takes about 20-30s to complete). Why is this happening? Can I find out what triggered apt-get update?






apt performance




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  • Don't you mean apt-get -qq -y update? It throws an error when trying to use the "y" without a "-"!
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:50












  • Yes, that was probably it.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:42










  • I have brand spanking new debian9/stretch where I've installed a bunch of packages. It runs apt-get -qq -y update when booting. I didn't set that up. I'm also looking for the initiator
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 16:57










  • Found the initiator: systemctl status apt-daily.service - this is a real thing (appart from the missing - in -y). Upvoting and editing to fix the -y.
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 18:32


















  • Don't you mean apt-get -qq -y update? It throws an error when trying to use the "y" without a "-"!
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:50












  • Yes, that was probably it.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:42










  • I have brand spanking new debian9/stretch where I've installed a bunch of packages. It runs apt-get -qq -y update when booting. I didn't set that up. I'm also looking for the initiator
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 16:57










  • Found the initiator: systemctl status apt-daily.service - this is a real thing (appart from the missing - in -y). Upvoting and editing to fix the -y.
    – Peter V. Mørch
    Nov 28 at 18:32
















Don't you mean apt-get -qq -y update? It throws an error when trying to use the "y" without a "-"!
– Byte Commander
Jan 16 '15 at 12:50






Don't you mean apt-get -qq -y update? It throws an error when trying to use the "y" without a "-"!
– Byte Commander
Jan 16 '15 at 12:50














Yes, that was probably it.
– Viet Norm
Jan 16 '15 at 14:42




Yes, that was probably it.
– Viet Norm
Jan 16 '15 at 14:42












I have brand spanking new debian9/stretch where I've installed a bunch of packages. It runs apt-get -qq -y update when booting. I didn't set that up. I'm also looking for the initiator
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 28 at 16:57




I have brand spanking new debian9/stretch where I've installed a bunch of packages. It runs apt-get -qq -y update when booting. I didn't set that up. I'm also looking for the initiator
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 28 at 16:57












Found the initiator: systemctl status apt-daily.service - this is a real thing (appart from the missing - in -y). Upvoting and editing to fix the -y.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 28 at 18:32




Found the initiator: systemctl status apt-daily.service - this is a real thing (appart from the missing - in -y). Upvoting and editing to fix the -y.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 28 at 18:32










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The command updates your package list, while the modifiers -qq means "very quiet", so there is no output and -y means it automatically answers all questions with yes. Maybe you would like to change your settings for automatic search for updates which could possibly start a command like this. Maybe there is also an error with your package sources which make it run in infinite loops. Try executing the command in a terminal without the quiet-option (-qq) and see how it performs. But normally you have to use sudo to run apt-get with root privileges. Is the process you found in your question running as root or as you (normal user)?






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  • It's running as root.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 11:12










  • Does it do anything uncommon if you run it manually without the quiet-modifier sudo apt-get -y update in a terminal? Or with the -qq enabled?
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:48












  • I just executed the command manually, and it completed in 10-15 seconds. Thanks for helping, btw :)
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:43











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The command updates your package list, while the modifiers -qq means "very quiet", so there is no output and -y means it automatically answers all questions with yes. Maybe you would like to change your settings for automatic search for updates which could possibly start a command like this. Maybe there is also an error with your package sources which make it run in infinite loops. Try executing the command in a terminal without the quiet-option (-qq) and see how it performs. But normally you have to use sudo to run apt-get with root privileges. Is the process you found in your question running as root or as you (normal user)?






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  • It's running as root.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 11:12










  • Does it do anything uncommon if you run it manually without the quiet-modifier sudo apt-get -y update in a terminal? Or with the -qq enabled?
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:48












  • I just executed the command manually, and it completed in 10-15 seconds. Thanks for helping, btw :)
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:43
















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The command updates your package list, while the modifiers -qq means "very quiet", so there is no output and -y means it automatically answers all questions with yes. Maybe you would like to change your settings for automatic search for updates which could possibly start a command like this. Maybe there is also an error with your package sources which make it run in infinite loops. Try executing the command in a terminal without the quiet-option (-qq) and see how it performs. But normally you have to use sudo to run apt-get with root privileges. Is the process you found in your question running as root or as you (normal user)?






share|improve this answer





















  • It's running as root.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 11:12










  • Does it do anything uncommon if you run it manually without the quiet-modifier sudo apt-get -y update in a terminal? Or with the -qq enabled?
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:48












  • I just executed the command manually, and it completed in 10-15 seconds. Thanks for helping, btw :)
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:43














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The command updates your package list, while the modifiers -qq means "very quiet", so there is no output and -y means it automatically answers all questions with yes. Maybe you would like to change your settings for automatic search for updates which could possibly start a command like this. Maybe there is also an error with your package sources which make it run in infinite loops. Try executing the command in a terminal without the quiet-option (-qq) and see how it performs. But normally you have to use sudo to run apt-get with root privileges. Is the process you found in your question running as root or as you (normal user)?






share|improve this answer












The command updates your package list, while the modifiers -qq means "very quiet", so there is no output and -y means it automatically answers all questions with yes. Maybe you would like to change your settings for automatic search for updates which could possibly start a command like this. Maybe there is also an error with your package sources which make it run in infinite loops. Try executing the command in a terminal without the quiet-option (-qq) and see how it performs. But normally you have to use sudo to run apt-get with root privileges. Is the process you found in your question running as root or as you (normal user)?







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  • It's running as root.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 11:12










  • Does it do anything uncommon if you run it manually without the quiet-modifier sudo apt-get -y update in a terminal? Or with the -qq enabled?
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:48












  • I just executed the command manually, and it completed in 10-15 seconds. Thanks for helping, btw :)
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:43


















  • It's running as root.
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 11:12










  • Does it do anything uncommon if you run it manually without the quiet-modifier sudo apt-get -y update in a terminal? Or with the -qq enabled?
    – Byte Commander
    Jan 16 '15 at 12:48












  • I just executed the command manually, and it completed in 10-15 seconds. Thanks for helping, btw :)
    – Viet Norm
    Jan 16 '15 at 14:43
















It's running as root.
– Viet Norm
Jan 16 '15 at 11:12




It's running as root.
– Viet Norm
Jan 16 '15 at 11:12












Does it do anything uncommon if you run it manually without the quiet-modifier sudo apt-get -y update in a terminal? Or with the -qq enabled?
– Byte Commander
Jan 16 '15 at 12:48






Does it do anything uncommon if you run it manually without the quiet-modifier sudo apt-get -y update in a terminal? Or with the -qq enabled?
– Byte Commander
Jan 16 '15 at 12:48














I just executed the command manually, and it completed in 10-15 seconds. Thanks for helping, btw :)
– Viet Norm
Jan 16 '15 at 14:43




I just executed the command manually, and it completed in 10-15 seconds. Thanks for helping, btw :)
– Viet Norm
Jan 16 '15 at 14:43


















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