I'm seeing something very similar, though entirely different (sorry). e-addressbook-server occasionally starts thrashing on my hard drive with low CPU and memory use (~5% and 25MB RES respectively). Appart from being noisy, this impact on actually useful disk-intensive applications.
$ lsb_release -r Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy evolution-data-server evolution-data-server: Installed: 3.2.3-0ubuntu7 Candidate: 3.2.3-0ubuntu7 Version table: *** 3.2.3-0ubuntu7 0 500 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ precise/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669465 Title: Evolution's e-addressbook-factory process renders CPU usage 100% To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evolution-data-server/+bug/669465/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs