I renamed gam_server to gam_server.disabled and my system is now running well.
I don't know what the consequences of this action are. Someone else said that they had done it and they had had few problems. ..from this page... http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=123132 So do it at your own risk. For me, the choice was to rename gam_server or stop using ubuntu/kubuntu. -- gam_server consumes lots of cpu time https://launchpad.net/bugs/36581 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs