This issue is far from solved. My machine is blocked for about 5 minutes regularly:
$ uname -a Linux xander-pc 3.2.0-24-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 08:43:22 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ sudo lshw -C cpu *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.93GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 2.93GHz serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M. slot: CPU 1 size: 2933MHz capacity: 2933MHz width: 64 bits clock: 133MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc up pebs bts nopl pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363695 Title: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt/+bug/363695/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs