I get about the same calls number than Gutaf. Can not confirm when gnome-panel cool down, as it makes my laptop shut down because of CPU heat before I even reach that point.
As a workaround, I send a signal 11 to gnome-panel, in order to interrupt it and not auto respawn it. -- gnome-panel eats 50% cpu for half an hour and flickers https://launchpad.net/bugs/52405 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs