system monitor is eating CPU

[Masoud Abkenar]

It doesn't crash, but it uses a lot of CPU power. Not 100% of CPU, but a lot, like 50% on average, much more than previous releases of Ubuntu. I use Ubuntu since dapper (6.06 LTS).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.3.92-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 1 00:05:09 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a
duplicate of bug 93847, so it is being marked as such. Please look at
the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you
can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in
the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may
find.