I also just noticed this bug. Everything worked fine 2 days ago when I changed my desktop wall paper. Now top reports gnome-appearanc using 96% cpu and I can't change wallpapers. I do not have hardy proposed enabled. I do have backports enabled, though.
-- gnome-appearance-properties causes CPU spike hardy-proposed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236778 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