Xorg is using 88% of my memory

[Norberto Bensa]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Steven Vollom
<stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Just a suspicion.  It did the same to me a while back, which is why I'm
>> suggesting it.  If you're not using it, then never mind. :D
>
>  I have three plasmoids on my desktop, a digital clock, something to post
> reminders and a Disk Space plasmoid.  The only open package is Kmail, and when
> I depress the mouse, I have to wait for every action.

Is there any possibility, that your dying hard drive is making your box slow?