Comment 38 for bug 284229

I wrote this Monit entry to try to bring console-kit-daemon under control, but it hasn't seemed to be effective, as the console-kit-daemon CPU use seems to fluctuate as it ramps up to seize all CPU. As this happens, I lose interactive control of my X session, even though running on a dual-CPU system.

check process console-kit-daemon with pidfile /var/run/console-kit-daemon.pid
   start program = "/usr/bin/ck-launch-session"
   stop program = "killall -9 console-kit-daemon"
   if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
   if cpu usage > 3% for 5 cycles then alert

I agree - the urgency of this is no less than HIGH, and needs quick attention.