This bug affect me too but I don't know what I did to set it off. It is
using 180-190% of my dual-core cpu, and it's sleeping.
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gnome-session consumes 100% CPU after switch from none to normal visual
effects
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395841
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389686 ***
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** Package changed: gnome-session (Ubuntu) = metacity (Ubuntu)
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** Attachment added: Output of strace on gconfd-2
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28714580/gconfd-2.trace
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gnome-session consumes 100% CPU after switch from none to normal visual
effects
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395841
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** Attachment added: Output of dbus-monitor
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28714607/dbus-monitor.txt
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gnome-session consumes 100% CPU after switch from none to normal visual
effects
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395841
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