CPU usage very high after upgrade to 9.10

[NoOp]

On 11/01/2009 12:31 PM, Steve wrote:
> 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.
...
>> 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.
> 

<https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=gnome-system-monitor+%2Bhigh+cpu&field.actions.search=Search>

I've resorted to gps instead.