Looks like I have this issue too. Just tried to copy 6GB from my EXT4 partition to an NTFS data partition. 1 processor running at 100%. Laptop makes sound like an airplane. Speed seemed normal when the transfer started, but dropped after some time. Once I cancelled the transfer, everything went back to normal.
I am running Ubuntu Lucid, with all updates installed. -- [Karmic] mount.ntfs-3g high CPU utilization and causes sytem sluggishness and unresponsive cursor. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395892 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