I am able to reproduce this on a Maverick amd64 system running a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (by running the command "yelp ghelp:user- guide" -- I cannot try running yelp with no arguments, since this system is affected by Bug 433504). The CPU spikes to 100% for at least 4 seconds.
** Tags added: amd64 lucid maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409706 Title: gnome-help excessive CPU usage -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs