I'm not sure it was the same issue but I was having a problem where opening gedit would result in 100% CPU usage. I started gedit with strace and quickly realized my problem. I had previously opened a few files in a directory that contains about 65000 files:
edalquist@bohemia:~$ history |grep export/layout | grep gedit 1956 gedit /home/edalquist/JavaClasses/workspace_37/UW_uPortal-HEAD/export/layout/lgkonrad.layout 1957 gedit /home/edalquist/JavaClasses/workspace_37/UW_uPortal-HEAD/export/layout/cmnguyen2.layout 1958 gedit /home/edalquist/JavaClasses/workspace_37/UW_uPortal-HEAD/export/layout/portal.user2.layout Looking at strace it appears that gedit is scanning all of the files in the /home/edalquist/JavaClasses/workspace_37/UW_uPortal- HEAD/export/layout directory. I renamed /home/edalquist/JavaClasses/workspace_37/UW_uPortal- HEAD/export to /home/edalquist/JavaClasses/workspace_37/UW_uPortal- HEAD/export_temp and now gedit opens just fine. Again not sure if this was the same issue but I figured more info is always helpful ** Attachment added: "strace-gedit.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/575278/+attachment/2955513/+files/strace-gedit.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575278 Title: gedit won't exit and consumes 100% CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/575278/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
