Kenneth wrote:
>> My system cruises along fine for days without any CPU overload
>> ('top' normally shows CPU usage at about 2%) ... and then something
>> happens (I don't know what) that causes the CPU% (as shown in the
>> 'top' results below) to shoot up to 90+%.
>>
>> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
>> 3098 root 25 0 80492 62m 4460 S 98.9 12.5 5233:50 X
>
> This shows X taking 98.9% of the CPU. screensaver perhaps?
That would be my guess as well. If you don't have a 3D capable video
card (and/or 3d drivers for X), then the OpenGL screen savers will peg
the CPU as long as they are running.
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