Xorg monopolizes CPU after switching away with KVM
darren david
darren at 3x3x3.org
Wed Aug 17 15:11:43 GMT 2005
Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> Darren David wrote:
>
>> Hi all-
>>
>>
>> So I've just encountered a new issue ( for me ) with Xorg, and i'm
>> having a heck of a time tracking down the source and/or the actual
>> nature of the issue. When i switch to another computer using my KVM,
>> Xorg immediately begins to monopolize the CPU, heading up to 95%
>> utilization. When i switch back to my machine, my USB keyboard works,
>> but by USB mouse is unfunctioning. I have to force quit Xorg and
>> restart to restore peace to the land.
>>
>> Now, this didn't exist on 5.3. I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE, and
>> xorg-6.8.2 and gnome2-2.10.1 from ports. I get no info in the logs
>> either. I've searched the archives on this, but it's difficult to
>> figure out exactly /what/ to search on to match this problem. No love
>> on the xorg list either.
>>
>> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> darren david
>
>
> It sounds like the symptoms I had when I tried to run an nvidia card on
> my Tyan motherboard with the nvidia drivers. (And I waited for hours to
> see if it would stop.) I bet that it is something that the video card
> is doing, maybe it is trying probe your CRT to see what kind it is, or
> something like that.
>
> (This is all pure speculation on my part, so I don't know.)
>
>
>
> !DSPAM:430211c0977261642414213!
>
interesting! i too am running an nvidia card on my tyan mobo. i think i
will try using the onboard video and see if that fixes it, i don't
/need/ the nvidia card for what i'm doing. thanks for the idea, i'll be
sure to follow up.
best,
darren
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