Since today I'm affected too. I use Xubuntu Lucid/32-bit on a Lenovo X61s. "ifconfig eth0 down" fixed the problem for the time being; I didn't yet try the "remove battery" trick.
Re comment #32: I don't have Windows on my computer, that's not the issue. I don't understand why the bug has been marked invalid. -- events/0 spikes CPU every 3 seconds since upgrade to 2.6.31-20 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537396 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