[CentOS-devel] CentOS 7 gome system monitor CPU usage

Hey Devs,

Not sure if this is the right place to post this; if not, my apologies.

I've been testing CentOS 7 and I've been having a problem with CPU usage.

I first set up a VM with 4 procs (2.66 GHz Xeons), loaded the Gnome desktop, and ran system monitor. I got ~50% CPU usage on all four procs, doing absolutely nothing but running system monitor.

I was suspicious of this result since it was in a VM. So I loaded 7 onto a real server (a Dell PowerEdge 1800) and tested again. The 1800 has 2 x 2.8GHz Xeons and system monitor maxed out both CPUs.

I'm astounded. I have no way of knowing if the problem is also present in RHEL 7. I can say it's not at all present in CentOS 6.5. I have a fair amount of experience with that OS.

Thanks all,

Leo