The only thing I can think of is that we run pulseaudio in system mode, so that MPD can be running regardless of who may or may not be logged in on console.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1272942 Title: indicator-sound uses too much cpu under lightdm greeter Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 13.10 x64 When nobody is logged in on console, but pulseaudio and mpd are running, indicator-sound uses 50-70% of CPU. This is bad for power consumption and also bad for background jobs running in a vnc4server session. from top: 15215 lightdm 20 0 363m 4452 3440 R 68.8 0.1 0:20.62 indicator-sound 1431 pulse 9 -11 398m 6972 3960 R 29.6 0.2 6:43.14 pulseaudio 15103 root 20 0 201m 28m 22m R 27.9 0.8 0:09.51 Xorg 15130 lightdm 20 0 834m 39m 26m S 15.3 1.1 0:05.99 unity-greeter If I uninstall indicator-sound, then pulseaudio doesn't show up in top either. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1272942/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp