X CPU usage

> Hey folks, a question for you.
>
> I installed Mandriva 2006.0 PowerPack, KDE 3.4 of course, onto one of my
> computers, and when I ran top after the installation, the program shows
> X consuming as much CPU time as is available to it. This isn't so much
> of a problem to me right now, but if this problem is persistent of
> course it's not a good thing.
>
> First, here are the specs on the computer:
>
> Motherboard: Gigabyte 6VTXD
> CPU0: Pentium III, 933MHz
> CPU1: None
> Main Memory: 768 MB
> Video Card: nVidia geForce2 MX 400
>
> I restarted the system several times, and whenever I did, X would
> continue to be the CPU hog. Just for kicks, I rebooted into init 3 (the
> fancy one that Mandriva has, as opposed to the simple text-only terminal
> version), and ran startx. No problems -- X was using 0.3% of the CPU
> when it wasn't doing anything. I set the system to start at init 5 upon
> reboot, and again, no problems. This is the session on which I am
> writing this message.
>
> I've read on-line, searching through the newsgroups and elsewhere, that
> others have had problems with X taking up so much CPU time, but these
> messages typicall talk about old driver versions for their video cards.
> I have the opinion that I have a recent version of the driver -- the
> one that came on the DVD -- and anyway, if this was a driver problem, it
> would happen at every reboot, including the one on this session.
>
> I don't tend to leave this computer running all the time, but I do run
> it for 10 day stretches every two weeks. Fortunately, this isn't the
> computer I do most of my work on, but I'd like to know why this is
> happening. I'm not really a Linux newbie, since I've been around since
> at least version 9.1 (those are the oldest CDs I have, anyway); on the
> other hand, I learn what I need to know to get done my work, and that's
> about it.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> Cliff Hewitt

>
> I have seen the problem several times. No idea what is causing it.
> I always boot runlevel 3 and issue startx. I have all KDE start services
> disabled, power off on monitor is disabled and screen saver is
> disabled.
>
> Still have had maxed cpu usages by X intermittenly. Since I boot at
> init 3. Solution is a quick logout of KDE session and enter startx.
>
> Downside is msec audit cron job could still be behind and makes my
> system slow until it completes.
>
> Solution, have system boot init 3 and remember to exit desktop when
> going to bed.

> Cliff Hewitt wrote:
>
>

>> [a small blurb]

>
>
> Others have suggested shutting down Kat and removing it. The gist of the
> message I've seen suggest it's resource hungry enough to noticeably slow
> down the system.
>
> Al Preston

> about an hour. Even then, however, top reported kded as that process,
> whereas top shows that X is the one using so much of the CPU.

> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:06:43 -0500, Cliff Hewitt
> <somebug@att.net.nospam> wrote:
>

>> about an hour. Even then, however, top reported kded as that process,
>> whereas top shows that X is the one using so much of the CPU.

>
>
> See if
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.o...4?dmode=source
>
> helps.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>

> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:10:24 GMT, Cliff Hewitt wrote:

>> Hey folks, a question for you.
>>
>> I installed Mandriva 2006.0 PowerPack, KDE 3.4 of course, onto one of my
>> computers, and when I ran top after the installation, the program shows
>> X consuming as much CPU time as is available to it. This isn't so much
>> of a problem to me right now, but if this problem is persistent of
>> course it's not a good thing.

> I have seen the problem several times. No idea what is causing it.
> I always boot runlevel 3 and issue startx. I have all KDE start services
> disabled, power off on monitor is disabled and screen saver is
> disabled.
>
> Still have had maxed cpu usages by X intermittenly. Since I boot at
> init 3. Solution is a quick logout of KDE session and enter startx.