computer slowing greatly

[Mark Fraser]

On Sunday 17 Jul 2011 21:45:40 Waleed Hamra wrote:
> On 07/17/2011 09:43 PM, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Is there a way to see what was last running and possibly screwing up my
> > last KDE session before the last power down?
> > 
> > Just randomly my computer will slow down to where it looks like the
> > pointer is moving at about 2fps. I can't click anything, and if I press
> > caps lock on/off it takes several seconds before it registers on my
> > keyboard light. When it happens I'm not running anything I wouldn't
> > normally be running, and it's completely random. Sometimes it won't
> > happen for days, but some days (like today) it'll happen several times.
> > Hence my email.  :D  In the end I have to just power off the machine as
> > I can't type/click so can't log out or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
> > 
> > Any ideas/tips would be most welcome.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Ronnie
> 
> when that happens, be patient, and click CTRL-ALT-F1. it might take a
> while, but that should throw you to a TTY.
> if there's anything drastic, like a major driver fault (i've seen some
> intel graphic drivers locking up a computer that way), the kernel would
> be spitting endless amounts of errors right on any TTY you go to.
> if not, then try to login, and once you're logged in, type the command:
> top

When I've seen this here on both my computer and my daughter's it has been 
xorg that is using close to 100% and the only way to cure it is to shut down.

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