On a clean installation of 14.04 I have this problem, especially right when I close a terminal window. Restarting lightdm allows me to log back in and bring CPU usage to normal, but of course I will lose all unsaved work when retsarting lightdm.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ibus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276186 Title: System becomes unresponsive, ibus-ui-daemon takes ~150 % cpu Status in “ibus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As stated the graphical desktop became unresponsive. Dropping to CTRL + ALT + F1 terminal and `top`showed ibus-ui-daemon taking around 150 % cpu time and ibus-ui-gtk3 taking around 50 % cpu time. (names may contain minor errors) Tried to kill processes, rebooted. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: ibus 1.5.3-6ubuntu2.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Feb 4 16:41:03 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-10 (147 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: ibus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-23 (104 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1276186/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp