running top does not really show any application pulling out the CPU. The load is high but there is no apparent hog making this happen.
Also running the gnome-settings-daemon by hand (both as user or root) results in: user: dav...@dm-lappy:~$ gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon ** (gnome-settings-daemon:23139): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.SettingsDaemon ** (gnome-settings-daemon:23139): WARNING **: Could not acquire name dav...@dm-lappy:~$ root: dav...@dm-lappy:~$ sudo gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon ** (gnome-settings-daemon:23140): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to session bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-sT8zAlL16g: Connection refused ** (gnome-settings-daemon:23140): WARNING **: Could not get a connection to the bus dav...@dm-lappy:~$ -- After upgrade to Jaunty Beta my machine shows different problems, , random high load, no meta key, etc. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352362 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs