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Consider removing irqbalance from default installs
Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):
$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Pop!_OS" VERSION="19.04" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 19.04" VERSION_ID="19.04" HOME_URL="https://system76.com/pop" SUPPORT_URL="http://support.system76.com" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy" VERSION_CODENAME=disco UBUNTU_CODENAME=disco
Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME):
$ apt policy irqbalance irqbalance: Installed: 1.5.0-3ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.5.0-3ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.5.0-3ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Issue/Bug Description:
as per https://github.com/konkor/cpufreq/issues/48 and http://konkor.github.io/cpufreq/faq/#irqbalance-detected
irqbalance is technically not needed on desktop systems (supposedly it is mainly for servers), and may actually reduce performance and power savings. I am unsure as to what it actually does, and what benefits it actually provides to a desktop or laptop system.
Steps to reproduce (if you know):
This is potentially an issue with all default installs.
Expected behavior:
n/a
Other Notes:
I can safely remove it via "sudo apt purge irqbalance" without any apparent adverse side-effects. If someone is running a situation where they need it, then they always have the option of installing it from the repositories. I didn't even knew it existed and there is very little discussion about its existence. If it is truly a server-oriented package, then it shouldn't be installed by default on a desktop/laptop system.
What package is actually depending on it?
sudo apt-cache rdepends --installed irqbalance
It isn't depended on by pop-default-settings
It is a part of my default install.
$ apt rdepends irqbalance irqbalance Reverse Depends: Recommends: ubuntu-standard gce-compute-image-packages
Ok...how do I do that? It seems that there is no way to report bugs upstream to Ubuntu at Launchpad...All the launchpad "report bug" links refer to this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
which indicates the only way now to report bugs is via the ubuntu-bug command, which invariably spits out an error:
The problem cannot be reported:
This is not an official Pop!_OS package. Please remove any third party package and try again.
So I can't use the tools Ubuntu wants me to use, yet I see no other option for manually reporting...