Unfortunately this has became somehow frequent in Oneiric... gnome-orca is a screen reader (a11y) by the way.
** Changed in: gnome-orca (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to banshee in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855075 Title: Banshee uses 100% cpu (more than one thread); UI is non-responsive Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gnome-orca” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Don't know what might have caused it. I just noticed that my battery power was drawing down more than expected, and that other operations on the machine were slow. Then I ran top and noticed how much CPU was being sucked away. paul@venus:~$ xprop WM_CLASS WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Banshee", "banshee" paul@venus:~$ locate -b "\Banshee" /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/orca/scripts/apps/Banshee /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/orca/scripts/apps/Banshee /usr/share/pyshared/orca/scripts/apps/Banshee paul@venus:~$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/orca/scripts/apps/Banshee gnome-orca: /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/orca/scripts/apps/Banshee paul@venus:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 paul@venus:~$ apt-cache policy banshee banshee: Installed: 2.1.4-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.1.4-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.1.4-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status paul@venus:~$ apt-cache policy gnome-orca gnome-orca: Installed: 3.1.91-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 3.1.91-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 3.1.91-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: banshee 2.1.4-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 20 16:07:03 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: banshee UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-16 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/855075/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp