I am on 14.04 LTS and using Gnome. I encountered severe and frequent high CPU consumption caused by gnome-settings-daemon process. I then deleted /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0/keyboard.gnome-settings- plugin. I also applied the num lock fix as explained in #107.
I noticed improved (less frequent) gnome-settings-daemon "hangs," but still experienced them enough to be a big irritant. I then started performing traces. and noticed many failures in trying to open /var/cache/fontconfig. I then googled what could be causing that. I then came across this page: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612105 I then applied (as suggested on that page) restorecon -R '/var/cache/fontconfig' That seems to have done the trick. Everything is quiet now. I will post again if I experience any further problems. Hope this helps someone else! ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #612105 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612105 -- 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/969359 Title: [keyboard]: gnome-settings-daemon consumes 100% cpu (and blinking numlock) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/969359/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
