hypothesis: karmic's version of openal is the problem workaround 1: echo 'drivers = alsa,oss,solaris,dsound,winmm,port,wave' > ~/.alsoftrc (back up your old .alsoftrc if you have one) restart
workaround 2: compile blender with WITH_BF_OPENAL = 'false' I have only tried workaround 1. So far no more 100% CPU. But since I never could dependably reproduce it all this needs further testing. ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => openal (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: openal (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Incomplete ** Tags added: verification-needed -- blender 2.5 regression - cpu flatlines at 100% on default scene https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/472687 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