I have the same problem.
It is not related to screen saver nor to VNC.
It is an old bug and has been around for a long time. It was originally
reported in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-
daemon/+bug/624477
on 2010-08-26 and **INCORRECTLY** closed on 2010-09-01 by Karl Lattimer
(karl-qdh). Please give that person a reprimand. I have noticed that
Ubuntu routinely closes bugs without fixing them. That does not make
the bug go away, it just makes people hate Ubuntu.
I do not have a
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0
I only have
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0
and
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon
I'm running gnome 2.32.1 build date 4/14/2011
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04
I have all current updates.
I'm ALWAYS running Firefox. I have used several different versions since first
noticing this problem. Currently, I'm using 13.04 I always have lots of tabs
open.
I tend to keep my system running and I stay logged in for weeks at a time.
I have seen this bug for a LONG time (many months, at the least)
when gnome-settings-daemon starts taking 100% CPU, it does so for a long
time (10-15 minutes), and then sometimes, stops monopolizing the CPU and
g-s-d usage drops down to 0%. It later can go back to using 100%
I will try deleting the
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
and
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/keyboard.gnome-settings-plugin
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969359
Title:
[keyboard]: gnome-settings-daemon consumes 100% cpu (and blinking
numlock)
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Precise:
Confirmed
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Fedora:
Unknown
Bug description:
Check comment 33 for a possible workaround.
Original message:
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I don't know how to reproduce this bug, but after varying amounts of
normal usage of my laptop, I notice gnome-settings-daemon is consuming
100% (approx) CPU.
I am not sure how to restart gnome-settings-daemon, I tried opening a
terminal and running gnome-settings-daemon again but this crashes my
system - my external monitor switches off and my laptop locks up. I am
able to reboot with SysRq+REISUB.
Sorry I cannot provide more information - it happens twice now, maybe
someone can tell me how to get more information for the next time this
happens.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
$ apt-cache policy gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-settings-daemon:
Installed: 3.4.0-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 3.4.0-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 3.4.0-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 17:16:02 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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