Rodd Clarkson wrote: > Every now and again my CPU goes into a 100% usage state after recent > rawhide updates (last two days). > > IN one case I couldn't figure out what was causing it and had to > shutdown anyway, so just turned the system off. > > In another, I tried killing gnome-vfs-daemon, gnome-settings-daemon, > nautilus, gamin and finally stopped it killing gnome-panel. > > in both cases I don't know what triggered it, but the usage was roughly > 30-40% user, 60-70% system. > > Just now I've discovered I can trigger a similar state as follows: > > 1. Open Applications > Accessories > Dictionary > 2. Type Role into the Word field and hit enter > 3. Click on the hyperlink Roll (this should bring up the meaning of > Roll) > > Doing this sends my CPU 100% (about 30% user and 70% system) > > Closing the Dictionary fixes this immediately. > > > Is anyone else seeing this (I'll file a bug report if so, or if someone > tells me) and has anyone got any ideas why? > > > Rodd > > I have the same with latest Krusader compiled from CVS. Just leaving it open for a couple of minutes and the CPU jumps to 100%. I have latest rawhide. Marian
