Xorg CPU hog

[Nicolai Hähnle]

Am Friday 11 September 2009 05:03:23 schrieb Ralf M.:
> The program "Xorg" eats up too much CPU, sometimes more than 50%,
> the whole system gets slowed down, even the moving of the cursor
> in a text editor gets very slow.
> This behaviour started when I updated my Debian system:
>
> uname -a
> Linux comp109.local 2.6.30-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Aug 15 19:11:58 UTC 2009 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> dpkg -l | grep xorg
> ii  xorg                      1:7.3+20    X.Org X Window System
> ii  xserver-xorg              1:7.3+20    the X.Org X server
> ii  xserver-xorg-core         2:1.4.2-11  Xorg X server - core server
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd    1:1.3.1-1   X.Org X server -- keyboard input
> driver ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse  1:1.3.0-1   X.Org X server -- mouse
> input driver ii  xserver-xorg-video-all    1:7.3+20    the X.Org X server
> -- output driver metapack ii  xserver-xorg-video-...
>
> Is there a solution available?

I don't think any of the developers is a telepath. Translation: Your mail is 
ridiculously low on detail.

Your best bet would be to install a profiling tool like sysprof, and then come 
back with additional information, such as your hardware configuration, which 
applications were running, what were you doing at the time, etc.

cu,
Nicolai