This is what I see when I strace the running process http://paste.ubuntu.com/7807924/
This was while it was sat in the updates screen, doing nothing, but eating 100% cpu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1337200 Title: U-S-S sluggish after some hours, high CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-system-settings/+bug/1337200/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs