[Tfug] Xorg cpu utilization?

[Ronald Sutherland]

That's a powerful system... when I look at the xubuntu web site it 
sounds like its aimed at older systems like my P3 533MHz which also has 
old video and like. It may be that no one ran this disto setup on your 
hardware. I would give the normal ubuntu a try unless you have a reason 
to use the light weight xubuntu. Also Xorg is the X server/client system 
that has something to do with what you see on the display.

On the plus side I sent this email from work, which I have not been able 
to do for a long time. SSH is truly a wonderful thing. Port forwarded 25 
and 110 over 443 (one of the two open) to my home Linux box... way cool.

Chad Woolley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed ubuntu with xubuntu/xfce.  I have a dual-head display
> (two separate PCI cards).  Hardware is a Pentium D 3.4, with software
> RAID-1 on two SATA drives.
>
> PROBLEM: the Xorg process seems to hog most of my processor resources.
>
> Even if I close all windows, and have "top" running in one terminal,
> and "ls -alR /" in another, it pegs the CPU at 95-100%.  This is
> either on one CPU, or spread equally across two.
>
> Even with just a single terminal running top, the Xorg process hovers
> around 30-50% CPU.
>
> QUESTIONS: Is this normal?  What is Xorg actually doing?  Is this
> possibly due to my Dual-head setup?  What could I try to fix it?
>
> Thanks,
> Chad
>
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