Xorg sometimes seems to use up CPU and only reboot will solve problem
Im running a Dell E6400 with 10.04-64bit desktop. I have a site on my work intranet which basically tries to run a java app but due to some java version problem it doesnt run correctly. Anyway, firefox spawns this java process which cranks up to 100% CPU, I qui firefox and also kill the java process so you would think that all should return to normal. However, for a while after it seems the Xorg process starts to eat up a lot of CPU% and continues to do so, slowing down everything thats running on the desktop.
I usually run compiz by selecting the regular "System --> Appearance --> Effects", and tried turning that off to "None". This does not seem to have any effect however. The only way I can workaround this problem is to either:
1. Wait for some time for the CPU% to settle down (this can take even an hour)
2. Shutdown and startup the PC
Heres some details on my system:
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sudo lshw -C display
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:30 memory:
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: memory:
... some other output from lshw...
homer
description: Portable Computer
product: Latitude E6400
vendor: Dell Inc.
serial: B97174J
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable uuid=44454C4C-
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0HT027
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
serial: .B97174J.
*-firmware
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
version: A11 (12/17/2008)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 1664KiB
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9400 @ 2.53GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
slot: Microprocessor
size: 800MHz
capacity: 800MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz
*-cache:0
size: 128KiB
*-cache:1
size: 6MiB
clock: 66MHz (15.0ns)
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