Hmm, if X is the top process, it could be a bug that evolution is
exposing in the X server.  Stranger things have happened.

(i've never seen anything like this for as long as i can remember)

PS yes i'm using 1.2.2 at the moment, in the middle of upgrades :(


On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 21:35, Bradley Alexander wrote:
> I have noticed an increasing problem of late, on my Debian/unstable
> workstation. I'm running Evo 1.4.0 from deb from the Debian archive.
> 
> The problem I have seen manifests itself in one of two ways. Either the
> X process will run away on me (CPU pegs with the prime offender being
> XFree86 at something like 99.7%. I can't get the display to come up at
> the console and generally have to ssh in and kill X), or when working at
> the console, I will do something and it will cause X to kick me out and
> go back to an xdm login.
> 
> The thing that I have noticed several times is that the activity that
> causes me to be kicked out when sitting at the console is clicking the
> Send/Receive in Evo. I had it happen to me just this morning with one
> Eterm and evo running. I am beginning to suspect that the runaway
> processes (which generally happen overnight when evo is running as
> opposed to during the day when it is not) is also evo autochecking mail.
> Has anyone seen behavior similar to this? Is there a fix for it?
> 
> Thanks,

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