I did an apt-get update and upgrade, and the problem went away. It must have been a buggy version of amarok 2 or compiz or xsession-manager or Qt or something. Is this still a problem for others?
-- x-session manager eats 100% CPU, nautilus won't start, applications won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107950 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs