Hi,
When I did open the gnome-appearance-properties this one hoverun the CPU 98 to 100%,
Then I did run it in a bash and give me this:
rolando@defiant:~$ gnome-appearance-properties
/home/rolando/.themes/Metal-0.4/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:1387: Background image options specified without filename
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:82: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:111: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:140: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:176: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:210: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:82: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:111: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:140: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:176: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/share/themes/Human-Murrine/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:210: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/home/rolando/.themes/Murrine Symphonic/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:79: error: unexpected identifier `gradient_shades', expected character `}'
/home/rolando/.themes/Murrine Symphonic/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:79: error: unexpected identifier `gradient_shades', expected character `}'
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Then I did break it,
Thanks for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better.
What version of Ubuntu are you using and have you updated your system recently?