high cpu useage

[Tim M]

On 11/3/07, Tim M <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 11/3/07, Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:
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> > Tim M wrote:
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> > > On 11/3/07, *Frank McCormick* <fmccormick at videotron.ca
> > > <mailto: fmccormick at videotron.ca>> wrote:
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> > >     Tim M wrote:
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> > >     >     > 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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> > >     >        Which programs (last column on right) are using up CPU
> > >     time. You can
> > >     >     also adjust the refresh time in HTOP.
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> > >     >     Cheers
> > >     >     Frank
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> > >     > the right hand column has a command heading so that must be the
> > >     programs
> > >     > you are referring to. /usr/bin/X :0 -br -audit 0 -auth
> > >     > /var/lib/gdm/:0,Xauth -nolist (that is as far as I can read on
> > >     that line.
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> > >     Yeah but what's important is how much CPU time is X using ? Same
> > for
> > >     Firefox and the next couple of programs. X normally (on my
> > desktop)
> > >     using about 1.3 %, firefox less than that. The only problem I have
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> > >     had was using a specific theme on Icewm.
> > >
> > >     Gkrellm and some of its plugins can also be problems sometimes.
> > What are
> > >     you running on the laptop that you don't run on the desktop?
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> > >     Cheers
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> > >     Frank
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> > > Frank,
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> > > Its the other way around.  My desktop is loaded with programs whereas
> > > the laptop is barebones. I use it for writing letters and emails. A
> > new
> > > addition to the laptop was Opera but I uninstalled it to see if it was
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> > > the problem.
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> >    Was it ? Just how much CPU time does X take on your laptop?
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> > Maybe I should just reinstall the system. I have /home
> > > backed up to my little server.
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> >   I'd say reinstalling is a last ditch solution.
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> > Cheers
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> > Frank
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> Hi Frank,
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> Will have to get back to you on the % of use. I uninstalled tracker and
> apparmor and am rebooting.
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> Tim
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> It didn't help. X out of a 10 minute run is using 1:06 minutes. Both
tracker and apparmor are removed but the system monitor for awhile was flat
above 50% but now at about 63%.

Tim
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