i can confirm this. also system monitors cpu usage is too high in general. it should be made much lighter and faster so when your computer is unresponsive (high disk activity) you don't have to wait 30+ seconds for it to start up so you can kill a process.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874054 Title: gnome-system-monitor "trashes" drive on closing Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Every time I close the system monitor I get high disk activity. I do not remember this happening with previous versions and I really don't see what it could possibly do. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 14 13:32:28 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/874054/+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