Xorg constant high cpu usage
- by user157342
CPU
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
Kernel
2.6.38-7.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64
X server version:
X.Org X Server 1.9.0
OpenGL direct rendering:
Yes
OpenGL vendor:
NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer:
GeForce 8400 GS/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version:
3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06
GCC version:
4.4.5
Java version:
1.6.0_20
Python version:
2.6.6
GTK version:
2.22.0
PyGTK version:
2.21.0
Firefox version:
Mozilla Firefox 5.0
Ubuntu version:
10.10
GNOME version:
2.32.0
The issue is, the Xorg process always seems to be active with over 6% CPU and +50MB RAM usage, which in turn keeps the fans blowing all the time.