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

[Adam Hamilton]

Well, I reran the xserver config and I don't think I
did anything differnet this time, but the problem has
gone. Xorg now runs less than 10%, closer to 2%3% most
of the time.

--- Adam Hamilton <aldar25 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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