Re: Xorg is very slow.

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:41:06 +0800, Magicloud wrote in message 
<[🔎] 3bd412d40908070141u4c2c2f7ase647a3cca0fb8e11@mail.gmail.com>:

> For some reason, I cannot upgrade my kernel....
> Reconfiguring does not work.
> And, since it has been a long time, the log is gone....
> Now, even I only start a term and run top, Xorg takes about 60% of a
> CPU. Is there any information like "New xorg does not work with
> 2.6.18 kernel!"

..yes, google it, top-poster.

> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Arnt Karlsen<arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:28:55 +0800, Magicloud wrote in message
> > <[🔎] 3bd412d40908060228n6cb1b143nc9893c4a9dcb94a@mail.gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>   I am using Debian Sid, with 2.6.18 kernel. A few days ago (two
> >> weeks? maybe), when I apt-get upgrade, I noticed that some parts of
> >> xorg were upgraded. Then the nightmare began.
> >>   When I started firefox, the CPU usage was full, things were very
> >> slow. I had to kill firefox, to make everything back to normal. The
> >> firefox is all right, nothing wrong, I belive.
> >>   Also is openoffice, picasa, etc...
> >>   It seemed that, xorg now is using CPU to draw the screen. So,
> >> anything with a complex
> >>  UI will take all CPU usage.
> >>   Any configuration that I should modify?
> >>   Thanks.
> >
> > ..first of all, do a complete aptitude safe-upgrade, then
> > an aptitude full-upgrade to emulate a dist-upgrade.
> >
> > ..you have an old junky Sid that sounds pretty much like a
> > Microsoft shills bait attempt to prove Debian or GNU or GPL
> > or Linux etc, bad. ;o)

..another hint is how they top-post.

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