>It seems to be related to some KDE app, at least here. Perhaps >KMail or Akregator, because twice already I've just closed >some apps and CPU usage went down.
I do run such apps as aKregator and amaroK. Closing amaroK did not change anything, but I didn't try aKregator. It's too late to try now, since I simply replaced the gam_server executable with a noop shell script to shut it up :-) -- gam_server consumes lots of cpu time https://launchpad.net/bugs/36581 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
