Bug#516373:

[Kushal Koolwal]

>During this time, are there any processes sucking up the CPU?
Here is a screenshot when the load is really high - it was a top output also:
http://blogs.koolwal.net/wp-content/uploads/Highload.png
Even you can see the high load (Red rectangle) up in the GNOME applet (using System monitor)

Here is a screenshot when my laptop is functioning normally - with load 
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