CPU usage very high after upgrade to 9.10

[Steve]

On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:17:48 -0000, Faizan Kazi <faizan.s.kazi at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I'm not sure why... but "gnome-system-monitor" is taking up over 40  
> percent
> of my CPU time/usage... its super heating my laptop and i really dont  
> want
> it to die of exhaustion.
>
> this has been going on ever since i upgraded my ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10
> yesterday. its been giving me trouble for a day, despite multiple  
> restarts.
>
> Here is an image of the problem: (NOTE: i do not keep the system monitor
> window open continuously.
>
> http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5930/highcpuusage.png
>
>
> Oh and my harddisk is always running!!! :s its always writing or reading
> something from the harddisk... what is it doing???
>
> Regards,
> Fez

I believe this is a known issue with gnome system monitor.  Have a look  
round Launchpad.

-- 
Steve