I can confirm that the fix mentioned above helps. It seems that the Xapian updater is running for a much shorter time due to using '--update' instead of a full recreation of the index. However, since I don't really understand Xapian, I can't be sure that this doesn't create other problems.
However, my netbook still stutters while watching a video during this shorter period of time in which the Xapian updater is running. I think that all the "nice" use in the world won't help this sore go away. I hope Ubuntu can find an alternative solution. Until then, can someone with authority look into confirming this fix and patching it? Credit for the fix goes to Ubunu Forums user 'selanit': http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=361185 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830333 Title: randomly, update-apt-xapi will take 100% cpu for an extended period of time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/830333/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
