Problem still remains (started when upgraded 10.04). :( Sudo killing the process still leaves the system monitor applet with at least 60% cpu usage, though the processes shown in htop (or top) dont stack up to this percentage... No reboots fix the issue either.
$ ps -eo pcpu,args|sort -rn|head 81.2 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/checkbox/backend /tmp/checkboxcHjiFY/input /tmp/checkboxcHjiFY/output 10.0 /usr/bin/X :0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-EdfrCB/database -nolisten tcp vt7 9.0 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2 4.8 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 9 --session 3.7 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --lang=el --force-fieldtest=CacheSize/CacheSizeGroup_3/DnsImpact/_max_2 concurrent_prefetch/GlobalSdch/_global_enable_sdch/ --channel=5101.0x481aa40.291792407 2.6 gnome-session 2.0 evolution 2.0 compiz --replace 1.6 gnome-panel 1.5 python /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py $uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux $lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit CPU(s): 2 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 2 CPU socket(s): 1 NUMA node(s): 1 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: 15 Stepping: 11 CPU MHz: 2666.902 Virtualization: VT-x L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K L2 cache: 4096K -- Backend does not get terminated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553328 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