Excesive use CPU

[Cristian Aravena Romero]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.14.2-1ubuntu1

Revise with $top and cpu 50% load (many time):

top - 23:16:38 up 38 min, 3 users, load average: 1.72, 1.62, 1.15
Tasks: 94 total, 1 running, 93 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 34.6%us, 2.0%sy, 0.1%ni, 56.9%id, 6.1%wa, 0.1%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 450120k total, 441228k used, 8892k free, 14492k buffers
Swap: 522072k total, 17788k used, 504284k free, 190996k cached

  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
 5690 caravena 16 0 67596 21m 13m S 39.6 5.0 0:54.01 gnome-panel

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers edgy
  APT policy: (500, 'edgy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-3-k7
Locale: LANG=es_CL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_CL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii gnome-about 2.15.4-0ubuntu1 The GNOME about box
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.15.4-0ubuntu1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.15.4-0ubuntu1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-menus 2.15.4.1-0ubuntu1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii gnome-panel-data 2.14.2-1ubuntu1 common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.1-0ubuntu1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.15.0-0ubuntu2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.14.0-3build1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.4-1ubuntu6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.2.0-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libecal1.2-3 1.7.4-0ubuntu2 Client library for evolution calen
ii libedataserver1.2-7 1.7.4-0ubuntu2 Utility library for evolution data
ii libedataserverui1.2-6 1.7.4-0ubuntu2 GUI utility library for evolution
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7ubuntu1 generic font configuration library
ii libgconf2-4 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.0-0ubuntu1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.0-1ubuntu2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.15.4-0ubuntu1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.5.1-0ubuntu1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-menu2 2.15.4.1-0ubuntu1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libgnome2-0 2.15.1-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.14.0-3ubuntu1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.15.2-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.15.3-0ubuntu2 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.10.0-0ubuntu1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.0-3build1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii liblaunchpad-integrat 0.1.3 library for launchpad integration
ii liblpint-bonobo0 0.1.3 library for launchpad integration
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.0-2 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.14.2-1ubuntu1 library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.13.3-0ubuntu1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.10-2 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 2:1.0.0-4ubuntu1 X11 Session Management library
ii libstartup-notificati 0.8-1ubuntu1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libwnck18 2.15.4-0ubuntu1 Window Navigator Construction Kit
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-7ubuntu3 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.0-3ubuntu1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.5.2-5ubuntu1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.0-4build1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:3.0.1.2-4build1 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.0.0-5ubuntu1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.1-4build1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.26.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-4ubuntu1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-4build2 X Rendering Extension client libra

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii alacarte 0.9.2-0ubuntu1 easy menu editing
ii evolution-data-server 1.7.4-0ubuntu2 evolution database backend server
ii gnome-applets 2.15.1.1-0ubuntu3 Various applets for GNOME 2 panel
ii gnome-session 2.15.4-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii menu-xdg 0.2.3 freedesktop.org menu compliant win

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[Carthik Sharma (carthik)]

Thank you for reporting this issue? Do you recollect what, if any, panel applets you had when this occured? Could you please mention any way to recreate this bug?

[Carthik Sharma (carthik)]

" Thank you for reporting this issue? "
- please note that I really don't have any question in my mind regarding whether I/We are thankful for your reporting the issue - this is just an example of how my fingers work when I am in a 'questioning' mood :)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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.