Xorg running at 20-30% CPU (or higher) constantly - Ubuntu 5.10

[Renaud Vernet]

Adam Hamilton wrote:
> My system is running pathetically slow and when I run
> top, it shows Xorg running at at least 20%, usually
> more near 30%, constantly, even just sitting idle.
> What can I check to fix this?
> It's a fairly new install on an AMD Athlon XP 1600+
> with 384 MB ram and Nvidia 32MB.
> 
>>vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-k7
> 
> 
> I have tried the nvidia-glx-legacy drivers (I have a
> nvidia tnt 32mb pci video card) per instructions at :
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=73810&highlight=nvidia+legacy
> Maybe I haven't installed the video drivers right?
> 
> I even tried going from the k7 kernel to the 686.
> 
> Short of a reinstall, what else can I try or look at?
> 
> 
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what is your window manager ? gnome ?
if you don't do ANYTHING and stop your graphic applications, does it 
still run at 20% ?