Public bug reported: With a fresh Xubuntu 14.04 LiveUSB I did (most of this doesn't matter):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install firefox sudo stop cups sudo stop cups-browsed sudo dpkg --purge hplip printer-driver-postscript-hp printer-driver-gutenprint bluez-cups printer-driver-hpcups cups cups-browsed cups-daemon printer-driver-splix cups-core-drivers sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine1.7 And now, I get this (with `ps aux`): http://paste.ubuntu.com/7860430/ Something just recently broke plymouth because earlier today I did the same thing and my CPU didn't max out. Firefox didn't break things because I had 31.x before and everything was fine. I look at my CPU graph analyzer GUI on my Xubuntu panel and plymouth- upstart-bridge seems to select 2 random CPU cores (I have 4. An Intel i3) and maxes them out. Every ~10 seconds it changes to two random cores. *shrugs* Laptop stats: i15RV-1333BLK Dell Inspiron 15 3521 (http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/servicetag/86290X1/) i3 (1.9GHz) 6 GB RAM integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics bought in 2013 These are the packages that were updated: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7860451/ ** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1348852 Title: CPU being maxed out 14.04 Trusty Tahr To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1348852/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs