I completely removed gnome-system-monitor and reinstalled. It made no difference.
I repeatedly clicked on Refresh in the Processes tab of System Monitor. Some suspiciously large CPU usage values were seen for gnome-system- monitor like 25% (see attached) while the system was idle. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2016-03-25 12:07:32.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1561973/+attachment/4611389/+files/Screenshot%20from%202016-03-25%2012%3A07%3A32.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1561973 Title: initramfs upgrade slows system severely Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This morning, synaptic offered 2 candidates after clicking on Mark All Upgrades. Both were for initramfs. After the upgrades were completed, I logged out of the admin account and into the regular user account. The regular account is very sluggish. The 4 CPU cores consume between 0-50% at idle with no app running. The time scale of the System Monitor is 15 seconds vs. the usual 60 seconds. Booting into the admin account shows everything is normal. Switching to the regular account triggers the excessive CPU consumption. The Processes and Resources tabs of System Monitor are attached. I briefly saw a kworker process at 100% CPU. As is, this system is no longer viable. An urgent response would be appreciated. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu4.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt15 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-56-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Mar 25 08:22:24 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-29 (695 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: initramfs-tools UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1561973/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
