I changed the importance back to low, this appears to have been fixed in Xubuntu with bug 400901.
** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Low -- gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400820 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