This is normal behavior, but you can change it if you want. Open System Monitor, select Preferences from the Edit menu, and on the processes tab check the Divide CPU usage by CPU count checkbox. By default the full CPU usage is CPU-CORE-COUNT*100%.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879783 Title: gnome-system-monitor shows a process with 116% CPU load Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I have heavy load an my laptop because virtualbox hangs with audio troubles. To find out I start banshee and this process take 116% CPU load. I have a 2core CPU inside. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 22 08:28:12 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_AT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-21 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/879783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
