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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: Xorg using 90% of CPU
From:       Felix Oxley <felix () oxley ! org>
Date:       2010-04-26 21:12:53
Message-ID: y2g8e13da491004261412p3ea3d960z3d915638f39957ec () mail ! gmail ! com
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Solved: the issues was caused by VirtualBox (with vrdp active).
Solution for now - do not have virtual machine autostart at boot.

Thanks


On 19 April 2010 16:22, Felix Oxley <felix@oxley.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I suffered a brief (10 second) power cut leading to a hard power off.
> Since that time, when I log in to Gnome, my system is very slow to respond.
> System monitor shows constant CPU activity even when I am doing nothing.
> top command reports that Xorg is using ~90% of CPU.
>
> I have forced an fsck on all drives and rebooted multiple times to no
> effect.
> Since the fault developed I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 but the problem
> persists.
>
> Xorg version is 7.5.
> Graphics card RV710 [Radeon HD 4350]
> Currently using Linux driver (afaict - fglrx is showing up in lsmod), but
> problem occurs with either the proprietary or inbuilt driver.
>
> Can anyone please suggest steps to troubleshoot/resolve?
>
> Thanks
>
> System details:
> Originally Ubuntu 9.10
> Linux molly 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 04:38:19 UTC 2010
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
> now: Ubuntu 10.04
> Linux molly 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Quad core Opteron 1352 2.1GHz
> 4GB RAM
> Separate partitions for / /home /boot /tmp
> plenty of disk space.

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Solved: the issues was caused by VirtualBox (with vrdp active).<br>Solution for now - \
do not have virtual machine autostart at boot.<br><br>Thanks<br><br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On 19 April 2010 16:22, Felix Oxley <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:felix@oxley.org">felix@oxley.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br> <br>I suffered a brief (10 second) power cut \
leading to a hard  power off.<br>
Since that time, when I log in to Gnome, my system is very slow to 
respond. System monitor shows constant CPU activity even when I am doing
 nothing.<br>
top command reports that Xorg is using ~90% of CPU.<br>
<br>
I have forced an fsck on all drives and rebooted multiple times to no 
effect.<br>Since the fault developed I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 but the problem \
persists.<br><br>Xorg version is 7.5.<br>Graphics card RV710 [Radeon HD \
4350]<br>Currently using Linux driver (afaict - fglrx is showing up in lsmod), but \
problem occurs with either the proprietary or inbuilt driver.<br>


<br>
Can anyone please suggest steps to troubleshoot/resolve?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
System details:<br>Originally Ubuntu 9.10<br>
Linux molly 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 04:38:19 UTC 
2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br><br><br>now: Ubuntu 10.04<br>
Linux molly 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 
2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br><br>
Quad core Opteron 1352 2.1GHz<br>
4GB RAM<br>
Separate partitions for / /home /boot /tmp<br>
plenty of disk space.
</blockquote></div><br>



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