Jun102010

Why does Xorg use 100% of CPU power in Linux Fedora 12?

sreenivas asks:

My Linux Fedora 12 system became very slow. Xorg uses  100% of CPU,  so that system also boots very slow. Please help!



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Artur Wrona

June 12, 2010

Add the below option to /etc/X11/xorg.conf under the Device section.

———————–
Option “UseEvents” “on”
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Below shows how this change will look under the Device section.

Section “Device”
Identifier “Videocard0″
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
BoardName “GeForce FX 5200″
Option “RenderAccel” “on”
Option “UseEvents” “on”
EndSection

It will change the way drivers are communicating with kernel when waiting for other hardware. Usually solves problem with high CPU usage on nVidia cards, but might result in little unstable work. If your Xorg will start crashing, just delete this line.

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Tina

June 21, 2010

Sreenivas,

did Artur’s suggestion fix your problem?

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Guest

June 3, 2011

sreenivas,did you find the way?

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Anonymous

October 6, 2011

Didn’t work for me. X wouldn’t even start.