g-s-d using high CPU

[Vadim Peretokin]

After fiddling around with the remote desktop feature built-into Ubuntu, I noticed that the desktop was still slightly sluggish. Peeking into the system monitor showed that the settings daemon was going haywire.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: f14e403bdb8f84f871603c9cde62a6ec
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
Date: Wed Oct 3 16:55:14 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (159 days ago)

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

Here's a screenshot with an explanation.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, does the numlock state keeps changing when it happens? seems like bug #969359

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

Yes, I recall the numlock key flickering. Also happened after I used VNC for the first time on this computer really.