The following occasionally appears in /var/log/syslog
:
rtkit-daemon[1145]: The canary thread is apparently starving. Taking action.
rtkit-daemon[1145]: Demoting known real-time threads.
rtkit-daemon[1145]: Successfully demoted thread 1431 of process 1368 (n/a).
rtkit-daemon[1145]: Successfully demoted thread 1430 of process 1368 (n/a).
rtkit-daemon[1145]: Successfully demoted thread 1368 of process 1368 (n/a).
rtkit-daemon[1145]: Demoted 3 threads.
What's going on here?