I can't get Cockpit version 260 to work on Unbuntu Server 21.10. The web ui is unresponsive: most actions do nothing; switching to another tab shows a blank window or a spinning wheel. On the console, I can see that cockpit-bridge is consuming high CPU:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
17993 stacy 20 0 628308 285128 7708 R 84.1 3.5 0:33.87 cockpit-bridge
654 root 20 0 396232 13428 10596 S 18.9 0.2 0:17.86 udisksd
395 root 20 0 24964 6428 3612 R 15.9 0.1 0:19.93 systemd-udevd
637 message+ 20 0 9432 5744 4272 S 11.6 0.1 0:09.53 dbus-daemon
1 root 20 0 98976 10964 7812 S 2.7 0.1 0:06.90 systemd
If I logout of the web UI (one of the few things that seems to work), and log back in, I can see multiple version of cockpit-bridge spinning:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
53008 stacy 20 0 582196 335300 7636 R 32.1 4.2 0:23.02 cockpit-bridge
17993 stacy 20 0 1736296 1.3g 7708 R 30.1 16.4 2:16.33 cockpit-bridge
637 message+ 20 0 11280 7784 4272 R 29.8 0.1 0:33.98 dbus-daemon
60857 stacy 20 0 333724 91716 7584 R 27.5 1.1 0:03.58 cockpit-bridge
654 root 20 0 396328 13448 10596 R 17.2 0.2 0:43.72 udisksd
395 root 20 0 24964 6428 3612 S 15.2 0.1 0:45.82 systemd-udevd
653 root 20 0 46452 7200 6352 S 3.0 0.1 0:06.31 systemd-logind
1 root 20 0 98976 10968 7812 S 2.6 0.1 0:11.49 systemd
I started out with a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04, and Cockpit installed from the default repo. As that didn't work I installed the backport versions, and upgraded to Unbuntu Server 21.10.
Besides that I've tried uninstall/reinstall multiple times/ways, e.g.:
sudo apt purge --auto-remove cockpit*
. /etc/os-release
sudo apt install -t ${VERSION_CODENAME}-backports cockpit
I've also tried removing a few individual cockpit related packages, and switching from networkd to NetworkManager.
That's the extent of my skills/google fu.
Help!
