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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA16 ; Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:10:12 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!Germany.EU.net!unidoct.Chemietechnik.Uni-Dortmund.DE!plato!sn From: sn@plato.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de (sn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386BSD] Continuous CPU usage of XFree? Date: 26 Jan 1993 09:16:26 GMT Organization: Universitaet Dortmund FB Chemietechnik Lines: 15 Message-ID: <1k2vhaINNjo@unidoct.Chemietechnik.Uni-Dortmund.DE> References: <1993Jan26.005249.996@nosc.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de Keywords: X11 mrh@io.nosc.mil (Mike Halderman) writes: >Why does XFree86 use 100% of the cpu even when it isn't doing anything? >Other programs get only 50% of the cpu when X is running. >Mike Halderman >mrh@nosc.mil This is not normal behaviour. You may have forgotten to disable console logins in /dev/ttys. I did it once.. System slowly went to a complete stop. Load went to infinity and keyboard input was impossible. It was possible to cut'n'paste with the mouse and enter commands that whay though :-) -Sven