Greetings, ----- Original Message ----- > 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. That is basically GNOME 3, which requires 3D acceleration, either not performing well with your hardware or using software-based 3D. Use KDE instead... or use MATE or XFCE from EPEL... and you'll notice normal performance. There is nothing atypical about your experience. TYL, -- Scott Dowdle 704 Church Street Belgrade, MT 59714 (406)388-0827 [home] (406)994-3931 [work]