Wednesday, August 23, 2017

unity - bamfdaemon causing performance issues in Ubuntu 14.04

Recently I've been having performance issues (sluggish switching between workspaces, icons not being removed from tray upon closing, etc...) on my computer which runs Ubuntu 14.04.


I've found the culprit to be a process called bamfdaemon because a kill command temporarily resolves the issues.


However, after a short time, it always comes back and running a top command shows that it holds a steady 99-100% CPU.


Any ideas?

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