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

[Adam Hamilton]

Yes, gnome.
Yes, idle, fresh after bootup, I'll run top and watch
it climb 20%-35% and sit there.

--- Renaud Vernet <renaud.vernet at cern.ch> wrote:

> 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% ?
> 
> 
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