[xubuntu-users] magic processes

[lefty]

I may have sent this before my subscription was processed. If it already 
appeared, I apologize.

Processes keep appearing, eating up to 40% of my cpu. They show up in 
/tmp. I have absolutely no idea what starts them. They tend to cycle 
among sleep, gvsfd, initctl and a few others. I kill them and another 
one starts minutes later. I've checked logs, the web, and user groups, 
to no avail.

18.04, 8g RAM, i7-2670QM cpu @ 2.20 GHz, laptop
Began a few months ago.

Assistance appreciated.

thanks.