high cpu useage

[Tim M]

On 11/3/07, Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:
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> Tim M wrote:
> > Hi,
> > The cpu usage on this Dell Inspiron 1200 is running between 40 to 70%
> > with almost nothing running. My desktop system, also running 7.10 Gutsy
> > . . . runs with extremely low cpu usage even with twice the programs
> > running. I think this have been covered before but I didn't pay a lot of
> > attention to the discussion. Anyone have any ideas how I should
> > troubleshoot this problem?
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> > Tim
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> Sure. Use top or htop in a terminal to see what's sucking up your
> resources.


I installed htop and see a display of all the programs running. User root is
using much of the cpu but firefox-bin jumps up to first place at times. It
is hard to follow.
Tim
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