From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 23:28:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4867816A4CC for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:28:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corwin@aeternal.net) Received: from amber.aeternal.net (amber.aeternal.net [212.232.17.148]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0698713C44B for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:28:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corwin@aeternal.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.aeternal.net [127.0.0.1]) by amber.aeternal.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A91B81E for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:09:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at aeternal.net Received: from amber.aeternal.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (amber.aeternal.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ozUgrxLiDd3L for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:09:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [155.208.254.132] (grerel4.hp.com [155.208.254.132]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: corwin@aeternal.net) by amber.aeternal.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09D02B823 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:09:47 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <467B0522.6020202@aeternal.net> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:09:22 +0200 From: Martin Hudec User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 'FreeBSD Questions' References: <467A8915.1010506@shopzeus.com> <467A8DA3.70500@dial.pipex.com> <467A9C5B.80308@shopzeus.com> In-Reply-To: <467A9C5B.80308@shopzeus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Hardware monitor needed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: corwin@aeternal.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:28:30 -0000 Hello, Laszlo Nagy wrote: > This server is an X terminal server and the users connect to it with 'X > -query '. Can I do something to reduce the load on the CPU? > "gnome-volume-manage" uses 99% of the CPU, constantly - why? >> --Alex You can try to trace them, what they are doing, what functions are called, etc. See man ktrace for details. Unfortunately I am unable to provide more help, as I do not know at this time, what is gnome-volume-manage.. kind regards, Martin Hudec