XWin eats cpu after upgrade

Jack Tanner ihok@hotmail.com
Fri Jul 14 19:32:00 GMT 2006


Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote:
> Jack Tanner skrev:
>> Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote:
>>> Jack Tanner skrev:
>>>> Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote:
>>>>> Jack Tanner skrev:
>>>>>> Please confirm if 6.8.99.901-4 eats CPU after you reboot after
>>>>> Cant find this release???? (yet)
>>>> Well, that is the release you reported a problem in... So, if you can't
>>>> find it, there's no problem. :) I'm assuming we're talking about .901-1.
>>>>   Try that.
>>> OK obvoiously it should be 6.8.99.901-1 and yes the problem is there after a
>>> reboot.
>>> But i found an interesting thing. If i remove my .XWinrc it stops eating cpu.
>>> even if the file is completely empty it eats cpu.
>>>
>> I can't reproduce this. I see no CPU eating behavior, not with the
>> .XWinrc below, nor with an empty one.
>>
>> MENU systray {
>>          xterm  EXEC "xterm -display %display% -sb -sl 999"
>>          SEPARATOR
>> }
>> ROOTMENU systray
>>
> 
> Yes I understand that. I have now "narrowed" it down a little.
> Not much but.... If i reboot the computer and starts new X it eats cpu.
> If i let the computer go to sleep and then wake it (with X running) it has stopped
> eating cpu. Restarting X after that no problem ......
> I hope this gives somebody an idea because i dont have any.
> 

Nope, no idea. :) Do ask again if you can narrow it down further. For 
example, try to disable things that otherwise run on start-up. Also, 
make sure you're not using a software firewall such as ZoneAlarm.


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