Comment # 12 on bug 943845 from Robert Schweikert

(In reply to Egbert Eich from comment #11)
> Robert,
> - does this only happen after emacs is autostarted and not when it is
> started fresh? 

Correct

> - you said, the load goes down, when you switch to the desktop where emacs
> is running. If I read your initial description right, it doesn't come back
> when you switch to away from this desktop again, does it?

Correct, the symptom only occurs when I login and emacs autostarts. Once I
switch to the desktop where emacs is running the load goes down and remains at
"normal" level for the rest of the session, including switching away from the
desktop.