Cpu usage by X

[suvayu ali]

On 4 May 2010 12:25, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 May 2010 17:23:25 DB wrote:
>> Sometimes when I start my desktop, System Monitor tells me that "X" is
>> running at max CPU %-age.  Other times, "X" is 4th or 5th in the list (I
>> selected the CPU column to put the highest users on top), using 1 or 2 %.
>>
>> So, my question to you all:  What is "X" doing & how can I stop it doing
>> whatever & keep my CPU chip cool?????  BTW, I have no idea what X is!!!
>> I've tried killing it & that usually kills my desktop; just now killing
>> it caused the system to restart.
>
> If X is spiking the CPU, the problem is probably due to your video card
> drivers, or KDE desktop effects or Compiz or a movie or game being played or
> some other graphics-intensive activity. If you describe what you are doing on
> the system when it spikes, it might help narrow down the problem. Otherwise,
> it's impossible to tell.
>

Flash video playback comes to my mind ... :-\

> HTH, :-)
> Marko
>

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