dbus-daemon and gnome-system-monitor peg the CPU at 100%

[TennSeven]

I recently upgraded to 11.10 and now, whenever I open gnome-system-monitor, dbus-daemon will continuously use 65%-75% of the CPU, while the system monitor will stay at a steady 32%. I will also not be able to close the system monitor without manually killing the process (it will ignore any efforts to kill it through gnome). However, if I run top, I can see that dbus-daemon does not even appear on the list until I run the system monitor, so it looks like the system monitor itself is the culprit.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: dbus 1.4.14-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 26 14:50:09 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: dbus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[merlin (merlin-re-cycle)]

I have the same problem, and won't close
11.10

[Lucid (lucidenmity)]

I was also experiencing this problem, same specs as OP.

I found after researching the same issue it related (for some people) to having a audio CD moutned in their cd drive.
This wasn't the case for me - it was due to my iPhone being connected.

I would suggest unmounting devices and seeing if it resolves the issue for you.. Well, as a work around at least.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Oneiric have reached EOL now , and is no more maintained.