From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 16:17:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F4216A41F for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:17:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3F6043D45 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:17:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from [10.0.0.4] (12-216-244-56.client.mchsi.com[12.216.244.56]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with ESMTP id <20050816161745m9100g5ik4e>; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:17:45 +0000 Message-ID: <430211A4.6080000@math.missouri.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:17:40 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050805 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Darren David References: <4301FE01.8030309@3x3x3.org> In-Reply-To: <4301FE01.8030309@3x3x3.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg monopolizes CPU after switching away with KVM X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:17:47 -0000 Darren David wrote: > Hi all- > > > So I've just encountered a new issue ( for me ) with Xorg, and i'm > having a heck of a time tracking down the source and/or the actual > nature of the issue. When i switch to another computer using my KVM, > Xorg immediately begins to monopolize the CPU, heading up to 95% > utilization. When i switch back to my machine, my USB keyboard works, > but by USB mouse is unfunctioning. I have to force quit Xorg and restart > to restore peace to the land. > > Now, this didn't exist on 5.3. I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE, and > xorg-6.8.2 and gnome2-2.10.1 from ports. I get no info in the logs > either. I've searched the archives on this, but it's difficult to figure > out exactly /what/ to search on to match this problem. No love on the > xorg list either. > > Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. > > > Regards, > darren david It sounds like the symptoms I had when I tried to run an nvidia card on my Tyan motherboard with the nvidia drivers. (And I waited for hours to see if it would stop.) I bet that it is something that the video card is doing, maybe it is trying probe your CRT to see what kind it is, or something like that. (This is all pure speculation on my part, so I don't know.)