From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 27 20:37:01 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 6659916A41F for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:37:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from darren@3x3x3.org) Received: from frizzle.3x3x3.org (dsl092-017-115.sfo4.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.17.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 183CB43D6D for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:36:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from darren@3x3x3.org) Received: (qmail 4080 invoked by uid 89); 27 Aug 2005 20:38:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (darren@3x3x3.org@10.0.1.100) by 0 with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP (TLSv1, 256 bits); 27 Aug 2005 20:38:02 -0000 Message-ID: <4310CEF2.10901@3x3x3.org> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:37:06 -0700 From: darren david User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: darren david References: <4301FE01.8030309@3x3x3.org> <430211A4.6080000@math.missouri.edu> <430353BD.4010709@3x3x3.org> In-Reply-To: <430353BD.4010709@3x3x3.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; 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: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:37:01 -0000 darren david wrote: > Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > >> 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.) >> >> >> >> >> > > interesting! i too am running an nvidia card on my tyan mobo. i think i > will try using the onboard video and see if that fixes it, i don't > /need/ the nvidia card for what i'm doing. thanks for the idea, i'll be > sure to follow up. > > best, > darren > _______________________________________________ no luck! i yanked the nvidia card, the drivers and made sure the nvidia kernel module wasn't being loaded at startup. i'm back to running off the onboard video on the Tyan ( 8MB ATI Rage XL ) and the problem still persists ( see above ). Anyone else seeing anything similar, or might be able to point me down a different path? thanks, darren