processor at 100%

[Ed Fletcher]

Tony K. wrote:
> I have also been noticing my system getting sluggish sometimes.  I
> even bought 1G RAM recently and I am still occasionally noticing a
> problem.  I am beginning to wonder if there is not a memory leak in
> firefox.  I can clear all the cache and restart firefox and often the
> problem appears clear up.  I have also noticed problems slowing down
> when I start to use gmail.  I wonder if AJAX (Javascript?) is hogging
> my memory or is a memory leak?
> 
> On 3/6/06, squareyes <squareyes at internode.on.net> wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>it's been happening more often recently, something seems
>>to be taking over the processor. I run Gkrellm all the time,
>>and it is showing that the processor is running at 100%,
>>if I close everything, with only Gnome Desktop open,  it remains at 100%.
>>Mouse becomes very sluggish and jerky.
>>System monitor also shows it at 100%. Is there anyway I can find out
>>and kill the culprit.
>>
>>System Monitor shows only Character applet, Gnome System monitor
>>running, Gam_server on and off at this moment.
>>Using 133.7 meg of 250 meg of ram
>>Using 128.9 meg of 729.5 of swap.
>>
>>After a full shutdown/reboot,  it returns to normal.
>>thanks in advance.
>>Take Care
>>Winton

I've been getting something that top shows as "gnome-video-thu",
whatever that is, using 85% of resources.  I've googled it without
getting anything meaningful.  I suspect that it is abbreviated by top's
limited column width.  Cybe R. Wizard suggested gps instead of top.
I've installed it (looks pretty good) and I'll see what gps says the
next time it happens.

Ed
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