I use socks proxy now and then, and I have encounter the exact problem several times. I can confirm the bug, yet I'm not sure if it's occurring only when using socks proxy.
I'm getting 100% cpu usage from the following process: /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-http --spawner :1.7 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/2 the trace for the process outputs the following in an "endless loop": [pid 7705] poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0) = 0 (Timeout) [pid 7705] recvfrom(9, "", 4, 0, NULL, NULL) = 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1174663 Title: gvfsd-http eats 100% CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1174663/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs