It just happened again. I had left the machine otherwise idle with an AFP share connected in Nautilus, showing on the screen. Attaching a process list - PID 13309 is the culprit - not sure what else is necessary. Syslog has nothing relevant, .xsessionerrors likewise.
** Attachment added: "processlist.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/951585/+attachment/3049889/+files/processlist.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951585 Title: gvfsd-afp consumes 100% of processor cycles To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/951585/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs