I'm also having this problem, each time I connect to eduroam (the european educational network), which obviously has tons of connected devices. (I don't know the exact configuration of this network).
Still persists on ubuntu 12.04... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655835 Title: avahi-daemon consumes 100% CPU time after a period of networked Desktop use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/655835/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs