Xorg CPU consumption extremely high

[walter harms]

Am 18.07.2012 23:34, schrieb Nikos Kasioumis:
> Hello,
> 
> my system is:
> * Debian testing, kernel kernel 3.2.0-3-rt-686-pae
> * Xorg server version number 11.0 (vendor version 1.12.1.902 (11201902))
> * my graphics card is: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520M] (rev a1)
> * I'm using the nvidia proprietary drivers, version 302.17
> * my CPU is Intel Atom D2700 2.13 GHz Dual-Core
> * my graphical environment is Gnome version 3.0
> 
> As soon as I log into Gnome and open Google Chrome (for example) just to
> open a new tab or switch from one tab to the other the CPU consumption of
> Xorg (as observed in top) goes up to 70%, 80% or even 90%. The system
> becomes unresponsive for about a second and then the CPU usage of Xorg
> drops to more normal levels again (<10%). This happens with other simpler
> applications too such as gnome-terminal (opening new tabs, switching tabs,
> etc). Needless to say it's impossible to use the system like that.
> 
> Is there a known issue with this combination of software / versions etc?
> Any ideas / suggestions about what I could try?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> Nikos Kasioumis
> 


You may also want to take a look at xrestop, i found it in same case very handy.

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