hypothesis: karmic's version of openal is the problem workaround 1: echo 'drivers = alsa,oss,solaris,dsound,winmm,port,wave' > ~/.alsoftrc (back up your old .alsoftrc if you have one) restart
workaround 2: compile blender with WITH_BF_OPENAL = 'false' I have only tried workaround 1. So far no more 100% CPU. But since I never could dependably reproduce it all this needs further testing. ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => openal (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: openal (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Incomplete ** Tags added: verification-needed -- blender 2.5 regression - cpu flatlines at 100% on default scene https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/472687 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp