Ok, so the "no menu.lst" is a red herring, we are using grub2 now (GNU GRUB 1.97~beta4).
My CPU problem seems to be unrelated then. -- xorg consumes up to 25% of CPU after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/472406 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs