Wow, you hit the nail on the head, first shot. I'm impressed. The file at fault was .gtkrc-2.0. Interestingly enough, it says it was generated by KDE, which directly opposes my earlier statement. I apologize for that.
A simple enough file. I'm at a loss for why it might be causing this much issue. ** Attachment added: ".gtkrc-2.0" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9960328/.gtkrc-2.0 -- "gnome-appearance" consumes all cpu time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs