On Fri, 2015-08-14 at 06:02 -0400, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 23:51 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > On 08/13/2015 02:44 PM, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > > > Top shows > > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > > 32160 root 20 0 259m 104m 22m R 76.5 1.3 559:07.79 Xorg > > > 23391 hardtolo 20 0 6293m 215m 26m S 16.9 2.7 21:49.86 java > > > > Well, what's process 23391, > <snip> > > and does Xorg stop using a lot of CPU time > > if you terminate it? > > <snip> > Ended the trade screens applet and tried selection of a region with > ksnapshot - same results were a lag and jerkiness. I checked all the > open FF windows to see if I had other known hog applets runing but > didn't see any. > > Trying shutting down FF and restarting, which used to provide some > temporary relief - like Alka-seltzer. > > After shutting down FF and before restarting FF, region selection still > lagging and jerky. Top shows > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > 32160 root 20 0 221m 75m 13m R 68.7 1.0 1192:08 Xorg > 2025 hardtolo 20 0 1479m 281m 78m R 14.6 3.6 226:35.72 soffice.bin > 1035 wild-bil 20 0 1116m 315m 43m S 7.6 4.0 196:15.91 firefox > > The FF above is different user, with which there are generally no > effects because of low usage. Xorg dropped from 76.5% at the time I > posted yesterday. So even with that heavy user's FF shutdown, Xork (a > new snigglet?!) is taking a big slice of CPU time when the only thing > happening interactively is me editing this reply. Ended the above FF, ksnapshot selection still lagging and jerky, CPU dropped another few points to hover around 53% or so - some improvement. Ah! I just noticed that user still has the check for updates showing on the panel. I'll disable it, log out and in and see what X shows for CPU usage then. Ending Evolution dropped CPU usage on Xorg down another 3% to ~50%. Anyway, logging the user out and back in, the panel shows no checking for updates. Ksnapshot selection for the other user still lagging and jerky. CPU usage now bouncing 49%-53% with only this message composing going on and the other user on the other X session just sitting with open terminals and some openoffice spreadsheets open. soffice.bin showing about ~9%-~12% CPU usage. > > <snip> Bill