I see 9% consistently, and as with those above, clock_gettime seems to be the culprit:
pat@wopr:~$ sudo strace -c -p 29333 [sudo] password for pat: strace: Process 29333 attached ^Cstrace: Process 29333 detached % time seconds usecs/call calls errors syscall ------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------- ---------------- 83.37 2.716542 2 1494072 clock_gettime 3.62 0.117823 32 3654 ioctl 3.40 0.110891 3 40996 36714 recvmsg 2.53 0.082418 6 13709 poll [...] Ubuntu 18.04, i7 4.0GHZ, 32GB RAM uname -a: Linux wopr 4.15.0-42-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 19:32:57 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773959 Title: High CPU usage by gnome-shell when only running gnome-terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1773959/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs