On Sat, 2015-06-27 at 21:17 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 06/27/15 17:05, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > > Since the latest update (may wrap here), > > xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.el6.centos.0.1.x86_64 Sat 20 Jun 2015 > > 04:16:01 PM EDT > > xorg-x11-server-common-1.15.0-26.el6.centos.0.1.x86_64 Sat 20 Jun 2015 > > 04:15:58 PM EDT > ><snip> > > Xorg is competing heavily with FF for top hog on my system. In FF I > > understand because I had multiple windows (6 desktops) with many tabs. I > > know this would theoretically increase Xorg work as well but prior to > > this update I seldom saw it near the top of "top" > > > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ > > COMMAND > > 4055 hardtolo 20 0 2165m 945m 49m R 95.9 12.0 3724:26 > > firefox > > 3119 root 20 0 276m 121m 34m S 34.0 1.6 2228:58 > > Xorg > > 15645 hardtolo 20 0 6163m 350m 26m S 10.6 4.5 181:50.51 > > java > ><snip> > > Anyone else pound the crap out of a desktop with FF and see Xorg getting > > "fat"? > > > > TIA for any clues or response. > > > > Bill > > > > Here's what I see with three FF sessions running at the same time: > > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > 2631 fahclien 39 19 832m 530m 3012 S 637.9 1.7 311:40.44 FahCore_a4 > > 4236 mlapier 20 0 2530m 1.4g 42m R 83.7 4.6 2:50.27 firefox > > 2823 root 20 0 163m 42m 17m S 19.9 0.1 1:31.18 Xorg > > 3429 mlapier 20 0 625m 158m 39m S 2.3 0.5 1:06.08 skype > Follow-up from my previous post, which as others have noted Goodle is kind enoungh to not let me conveniently see ... I had forgotten that the longer FF runs in my setup the more CPU it tends to use. And I assume this feeds through to demand on Xorg. I stopped FF, restarted and now see very reasonable numbers for it and Xorg, which no longer sits so high up in CPU usage. PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 7815 hardtolo 20 0 1590m 563m 45m S 8.9 7.2 14:42.16 firefox 8711 hardtolo 20 0 786m 91m 21m S 2.3 1.2 7:16.57 plugin-containe 9409 wild-bil 20 0 15272 1400 888 R 0.7 0.0 0:00.55 top 1867 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 0:09.25 kondemand/0 1868 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 0:06.48 kondemand/1 2195 root 20 0 22516 1084 916 S 0.3 0.0 0:12.73 hald-addon-stor 6890 TempTemp 20 0 264m 12m 4712 S 0.3 0.2 0:01.35 gnome-screensav 7315 hardtolo 20 0 540m 15m 10m S 0.3 0.2 0:13.58 clock-applet 7919 root 20 0 197m 50m 11m S 0.3 0.6 0:38.11 Xorg 8043 wild-bil 20 0 494m 10m 7884 S 0.3 0.1 0:01.35 gnome-settings- 8096 wild-bil 20 0 540m 13m 10m S 0.3 0.2 0:13.41 clock-applet Thanks for passing on the reply, which eventually logged my memory. Bill