<div dir="ltr">I will try to add more RAM to it. I have done the yum check ... all went OK ... but it didn't change the behaviour. Thanks for your help.<div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>
# dmidecode 2.10</div><div>SMBIOS 2.3 present.</div><div>74 structures occupying 2320 bytes.</div><div>Table at 0x000F0450.</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0xDA00, DMI type 218, 35 bytes</div><div>OEM-specific Type</div><div>
Header and Data:</div><div> DA 23 00 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 38 00 58 00 58 00 01</div><div> 00 59 00 59 00 01 00 05 80 05 80 01 00 FF FF 00</div><div> 00 00 00</div><div><br>
</div><div>Handle 0xDA01, DMI type 218, 35 bytes</div><div>OEM-specific Type</div><div> Header and Data:</div><div> DA 23 01 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 38 00 10 F5 10 F5 00</div><div> 00 11 F5 11 F5 00 00 12 F5 12 F5 00 00 FF FF 00</div>
<div> 00 00 00</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes</div><div>BIOS Information</div><div> Vendor: Dell Inc. </div><div> Version: A02</div><div> Release Date: 07/19/2004</div>
<div> Address: 0xF0000</div><div> Runtime Size: 64 kB</div><div> ROM Size: 512 kB</div><div> Characteristics:</div><div> PCI is supported</div><div> PNP is supported</div>
<div> APM is supported</div><div> BIOS is upgradeable</div><div> BIOS shadowing is allowed</div><div> Boot from CD is supported</div><div> Selectable boot is supported</div>
<div> EDD is supported</div><div> Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)</div><div> Print screen service is supported (int 5h)</div><div> 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)</div>
<div> Serial services are supported (int 14h)</div><div> Printer services are supported (int 17h)</div><div><div>ACPI is supported</div><div> USB legacy is supported</div><div>
LS-120 boot is supported</div><div> BIOS boot specification is supported</div><div> Function key-initiated network boot is supported</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 25 bytes</div>
<div>System Information</div><div> Manufacturer: Dell Inc. </div><div> Product Name: Dimension 4700 </div><div> Version: Not Specified</div><div> Serial Number: G15T81J</div>
<div> UUID: 44454C4C-3100-1035-8054-C7C04F38314A</div><div> Wake-up Type: APM Timer</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0x0200, DMI type 2, 8 bytes</div><div>Base Board Information</div><div> Manufacturer: Dell Inc. </div>
<div> Product Name: 0M3918</div><div> Version: </div><div> Serial Number: ..CN7082148E050F.</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 13 bytes</div><div>Chassis Information</div><div> Manufacturer: Dell Inc. </div>
<div> Type: Mini Tower</div><div> Lock: Not Present</div><div> Version: Not Specified</div><div> Serial Number: G15T81J</div><div> Asset Tag: </div><div> Boot-up State: Safe</div>
<div> Power Supply State: Safe</div><div> Thermal State: Safe</div><div> Security Status: None</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0x0400, DMI type 4, 32 bytes</div><div>Processor Information</div><div> Socket Designation: Microprocessor</div>
<div> Type: Central Processor</div><div> Family: Pentium 4</div><div> Manufacturer: Intel</div></div><div><div>ID: 34 0F 00 00 FF FB EB BF</div><div> Signature: Type 0, Family 15, Model 3, Stepping 4</div>
<div> Flags:</div><div> FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)</div><div> VME (Virtual mode extension)</div><div> DE (Debugging extension)</div><div> PSE (Page size extension)</div>
<div> TSC (Time stamp counter)</div><div> MSR (Model specific registers)</div><div> PAE (Physical address extension)</div><div> MCE (Machine check exception)</div>
<div> CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)</div><div> APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)</div><div> SEP (Fast system call)</div><div> MTRR (Memory type range registers)</div>
<div> PGE (Page global enable)</div><div> MCA (Machine check architecture)</div><div> CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)</div><div> PAT (Page attribute table)</div>
<div> PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)</div><div> CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)</div><div> DS (Debug store)</div><div> ACPI (ACPI supported)</div><div>
MMX (MMX technology supported)</div><div> FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)</div><div> SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)</div><div> SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)</div>
<div> SS (Self-snoop)</div><div> HTT (Hyper-threading technology)</div><div> TM (Thermal monitor supported)</div><div> PBE (Pending break enabled)</div><div> Version: Not Specified</div>
<div> Voltage: 1.8 V</div><div> External Clock: 800 MHz</div><div> Max Speed: 3600 MHz</div><div> Current Speed: 3000 MHz</div><div> Status: Populated, Enabled</div><div> Upgrade: ZIF Socket</div>
<div> L1 Cache Handle: 0x0700</div><div> L2 Cache Handle: 0x0701</div><div> L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided</div></div><div><div>Cache Information</div><div> Socket Designation: Not Specified</div>
<div> Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1</div><div> Operational Mode: Write Back</div><div> Location: Internal</div><div> Installed Size: 16 kB</div><div> Maximum Size: 16 kB</div>
<div> Supported SRAM Types:</div><div> Other</div><div> Installed SRAM Type: Other</div><div> Speed: Unknown</div><div> Error Correction Type: None</div><div> System Type: Data</div>
<div> Associativity: 8-way Set-associative</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0x0701, DMI type 7, 19 bytes</div><div>Cache Information</div><div> Socket Designation: Not Specified</div><div> Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2</div>
<div> Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address</div><div> Location: Internal</div><div> Installed Size: 1024 kB</div><div> Maximum Size: 1024 kB</div><div> Supported SRAM Types:</div>
<div> Other</div><div> Installed SRAM Type: Other</div><div> Speed: Unknown</div><div> Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC</div><div> System Type: Unified</div><div> Associativity: 8-way Set-associative</div>
<div><br></div><div>Handle 0x0800, DMI type 8, 9 bytes</div><div>Port Connector Information</div><div> Internal Reference Designator: PARALLEL</div><div> Internal Connector Type: None</div><div> External Reference Designator: Not Specified</div>
<div> External Connector Type: DB-25 female</div><div> Port Type: Parallel Port PS/2</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Patrick Bartek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bartek047@yahoo.com">bartek047@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">--- On Mon, 3/7/11, <a href="mailto:madunix@gmail.com">madunix@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:madunix@gmail.com">madunix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade<br>
> procedure not<br>
> fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu<br>
> jumps to high<br>
> utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap<br>
> keep increasing.<br>
> Any suggestions.<br>
<br>
</div>Yes.<br>
<br>
First, did you upgrade directly to 12 from 9 or incrementally--9->10->11->12? If the former, that can cause problems, so much so that Fedora doesn't recommend it. If the latter, you should be okay, but I've NEVER had good luck with upgrading--something ALWAYS gets screwed--and always do a clean install on another partition, dual booting with the previous install as a back up, which is what I did when I went from 9 to 12 on my 64-bit system. I'm currently running 12 even though it is no longer supported. Absolutely, no problems. (I only upgrade every 3rd release anyway.)<br>
<br>
> [snip]<br>
<div class="im">><br>
> free<br>
> <br>
> total <br>
> used <br>
> free shared <br>
> buffers cached<br>
> Mem: 500128 <br>
> 489072 11056 <br>
> 0 <br>
> 2724 95668<br>
> -/+ buffers/cache: 390680 <br>
> 109448<br>
> Swap: 1015800 <br>
> 290360 725440<br>
<br>
</div>You need more RAM! 512MB isn't going to cut it. My 4GB system uses 531MB after booting to the GNOME desktop with only a terminal and file manager running. And I run a "leaned out" system. If possible upgrade to 2GB. I consider that a useful minimum for a contemporary Linux distro, not just Fedora, with KDE or GNOME desktops. That's what I started with on my 4 year old system: initially, Fedora Core 6 32-bit. I later installed the 64-bit version dual booted.<br>
<br>
To reduce RAM needs, go to System->Administration->Services and turn off all the services you don't need.<br>
<br>
Also, try a "lighter" desktop like XFCE or LXDE, which I prefer. Or just go with a window manager only. I like Openbox.<br>
<br>
Recompile the kernel with only what your system needs to reduce its size, and, therefore, RAM usage. This RAM saving option isn't for the faint of heart. RTFM before trying this.<br>
<br>
You didn't list the specs on your system. It would help to know that to give further recommendations.<br>
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