Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Gentlemen, > I asked a question about Ubuntu, xorg and EMC a few weeks ago. I > think I just found my answer. When EMC was running xorg was using up > to 98% of the CPU. The computer was very slow and jumpy. The DELL > desktop 1 gig processor w/ 512meg ram and the onboard video output > with 4 meg of ram was painfully inadequate to run the latest update of > Ubuntu and EMC. Using 'top' I would watch xorg slowly creep up to > 95%-98% of cpu usage. Mouse, keyboard, and touchscreen response would > be horrible. > Today, I put a video card with 128 meg of ram. This helped the > response considerably but the xorg cpu usage hovered around 70%. I put > a card with 256 meg of ram. This helped a tremendous amount. The > mouse, keyboard, touchscreen response is very crisp. The xorg cpu > usage hovers around 12%. > All you need to do is use a bigger hammer. It will finally work. > It seems as if Ubuntu is taking more video resources with every update. > Is there an image of a minimalist install? > thanks > Stuart
My setup uses a 4 Meg video card and a 1.2 AMD procesor, everything is smooth. I think it is the type of video card or the driver that makes the difference, as I also have a 1.8Ghz with an Nvidia card that gets jerky and slow if I start EMC. Ed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
