On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:21:00AM +0000, Germano Cesari wrote:
> sometimes I have my CPU running at 100% without any apparent reason.. I 
> mean, It dosnt depend on someting Ive run or some job running in the 
> background.. sometimes I just work with the terminal and see a slow 
> response, check with gnome-system-monitor, and see a 100% cpu stable..
> 
> I cant reproduce it, it just appear to happen randomly..
> 
> And with gnome-system-monitor even if I select "All tasks" the lists shows 
> every task at 0% CPU, and every task as sleeping.. now, It really IS 
> difficult to find out which one is taking all that cpu..
> 
> 1) is it a known problem? shall I have to look for some task in particular 
> when this happens? how can I stop it?
> 
> 2) has the gnome-system-monitor a bug in %cpu? may I get a better one with 
> some more control over CPU load?
> 
> thnx
> 
> Germano

I've seen this happen after I stop xscreensaver from running by moving
the mouse or hitting a key after I return to my system after a period of 
inactivity.  I fixed this problem by having xscreensaver only blank the
screen and not run any other screensavers.

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Ian P. Thomas

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