Binary package hint: libgconf2-4
while nothing obvious is happening on the desktop, gconfd-2 uses 50% of my cpu.
this is in karmic with:
Package: libgconf2-4
Version: 2.26.2-3ubuntu2
here and strace of gconfd-2 while it is busy looping
read(17, "GIOP\1\2\1\0\255\0\0\0", 12) = 12
read(17, "\210P\261-\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\">\4p\317]\350\250\335)(("..., 173) = 173
writev(17, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0013\0\0\0", 12}, {"\210P\261-\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\5\t\1\1\0"..., 51}], 2) = 63
poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=20, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=21, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=22, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=23, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=25, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=30, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=36, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=39, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=41, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=15, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 32, 12728) = 1 ([{fd=17, revents=POLLIN}])
read(17, "GIOP\1\2\1\0\261\0\0\0", 12) = 12
read(17, "\210P\261-\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\">\4p\317]\350\250\335)(("..., 177) = 177
writev(17, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0013\0\0\0", 12}, {"\210P\261-\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\5\t\1\1\0"..., 51}], 2) = 63
poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=20, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=21, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=22, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=23, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=25, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=30, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=36, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=39, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=41, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=15, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 32, 12728) = 1 ([{fd=17, revents=POLLIN}])
read(17, "GIOP\1\2\1\0\255\0\0\0", 12) = 12
read(17, "\210P\261-\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\">\4p\317]\350\250\335)(("..., 173) = 173
writev(17, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0013\0\0\0", 12}, {"\210P\261-\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\5\t\1\1\0"..., 51}], 2) = 63
poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=20, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=21, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=22, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=23, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=25, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=30, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=36, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=39, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=41, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=15, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 32, 12621) = 1 ([{fd=17, revents=POLLIN}])
read(17, "GIOP\1\2\1\0\261\0\0\0", 12) = 12
read(17, "\210P\261-\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\">\4p\317]\350\250\335)(("..., 177) = 177
writev(17, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0013\0\0\0", 12}, {"\210P\261-\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\5\t\1\1\0"..., 51}], 2) = 63
poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=20, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=21, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=22, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=23, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=25, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=30, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=36, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=39, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=41, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=15, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 32, 12620) = 1 ([{fd=17, revents=POLLIN}])
read(17, "GIOP\1\2\1\0\255\0\0\0", 12) = 12
read(17, "\210P\261-\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\">\4p\317]\350\250\335)(("..., 173) = 173
writev(17, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0013\0\0\0", 12}, {"\210P\261-\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\5\t\1\1\0"..., 51}], 2) = 63
poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=20, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=21, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=22, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=23, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=25, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=30, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=36, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=39, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=41, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=15, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 32, 12619) = 1 ([{fd=17, revents=POLLIN}])
read(17, "GIOP\1\2\1\0\261\0\0\0", 12) = 12
read(17, "\210P\261-\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\">\4p\317]\350\250\335)(("..., 177) = 177
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.