On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:37:14PM -0700, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> 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.
Screensavers are usually set to come on sooner than days. ;) Also, it's
X hogging CPU, not the graphics hack.
Over the years I've seen X whack out like this many, many times. It
still happens to me now and then.
--
Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group
dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/
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