*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 969359 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969359
> Backtrace for /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon hum, that stacktrace has no useful info, it seems to just be waiting in poll() which it what it does when not busy > Funny thing is that I wasn't able to attach to the process unless I used sudo (although the process was owned by my user!!) that's a security protection, ptrace can't be used by normal users > Another funny thing is that after detaching (or maybe that happened after attaching), the process stopped hogging the CPU. weird -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/949878 Title: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon hogs CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/949878/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs