Public bug reported: Latest liveCD of ubuntu-gnome is maxing out the CPU. "top" shows gnome- shell as the culprit.
The system is very sluggish. Trying to do anything is like the proverbial wading through treacle. At least it has improved since the last kernel upgrade. Before that, gnome-shell was crashing. The graphics chip is a bit old (and an oddball one). I tried loading the vesa driver to see if that made any difference. It doesn't. Technical details: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 uname -a Linux ubuntu-gnome 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 17 18:19:42 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux apt-cache policy gnome-shell gnome-shell: Installed: 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu5 Candidate: 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu5 Version table: *** 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "Output of lspci -vvnn" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1170879/+attachment/3648813/+files/hardware.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1170879 Title: gnome-shell high CPU use in Ubuntu 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1170879/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs