going dim

[Vincent Arnoux]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 01:25, Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nope, the dimming business hit me again.  Application dimmed, CPU usage went
> to 100%, only got better after rebooting.  I have no proprietary drivers
> installed.
>
> gary

When you write "application dimmed", do you mean the whole desktop
darkens, or only some windows go black and white?
When it happens, if you type control-alt-F1, log in with your usual
user name and type "top", can you see which process goes through the
roof?

Vincent