Thread: i always get 20-30% processor busy even if idle
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2011-01-19 , 13:44
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#8
Originally Posted by eikido View Post
I have a
/usr/bin/Xorg -logfile /tmp/Xorf.0.log -logverbose l -nol ....
that eats a lot of CPU at idle.

Whats that?
Xorg is the standard server used by most modern distributions of Linux for managing graphical displays. Everything, from the n900's desktop to the microb browser to the media player, any software that wants to display something on the screen will go through Xorg to do it...