thank you for your bug report, could you run gnome-settings-daemon --debug --no-daemon on a command line and see if it prints useful informations when you get the issue? could you get a stacktrace when it's using ressources? do you get a similar issue using xrand --auto on a command line?
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) Status: New => Incomplete -- gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-display-properties slow down xserver when external monitor added https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339228 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