Lanman, the 'X' that is consuming cpu is the Xserver running on the Server, NOT the Xserver that is running on the workstation.
Is a screensaver running? If so, change it to the blank screen. No flying toasters or spinning gears or anything like that. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Lanman wrote: > Back again with another weird one; > > I'm working with Mandrake 10.1 and LTSP 4.1. I've set up a test environment > using only one thin-terminal at a time. With that single terminal logged into > the server in graphic mode, I'm seeing the CPU hitting 99% usage for 'X' when > I use 'top' to check the server load. > > This seems to occur when the terminal is idle - ie; when no one is using it > and this CPU load occurs within one hour of the terminal being left idle. Is > this some sort of runaway process occurring? Or is there something I'm > missing? > > The server is a P4 2.8Ghz. system with 512MB's of ram and even though there > are other processes currently running, no single process is using more than > 0.5% of the CPU, since none of the others are being used during these tests. > > Has anyone else seen this behavior? Does anyone know of something I should be > investigating? The server itself is running X, but just sitting at the login > panel. When the CPU hits that level of usage, it looks like a system crash, > although top keeps updating the various services and processes that are > running. The only way to reboot the server is to reset the system, and I've > never had to do that for this server. > > Any help would be welcome. > > Lanman > Registered Linux User #190712 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
