Possibly the bad guy is Tracker. Tracker is a plugin in Deskbar applet. An hour ago, I've completely removed Tracker from my system with Synaptic, and I'm curious if the problem is over now.
Maybe you could try this, too, and report here if it has been a success? -- [Gutsy] high processor activity after logging out and then logging in again https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs