Re: Gnome and CPU load

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On 8/16/10 7:34 PM, Stefan Bruda wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an old version of the GNOME package installed via Fink, and I
> am not trying (again!) to upgrade it to the latest version.  Problem
> is, as soon as I upgrade I get to have X11 eat up almost all the CPU
> cycles.  I had to revert every time to the older version to have a
> decently working installation.  My .xinitrc looks like this:
> 
>     source ~/.profile
>     e16 &
>     exec gnome-session
> 
> It does not matter which window manager I use, once the GNOME session
> gets established the process X11.bin loads one core to 100% and stays
> there.  The GNOME desktop works otherwise well.
> 
> I am using Fink 0.29.13 on a Macbook Pro with Mac OS 10.5.8 and Xcode
> 3.1.3.  I tried upgrading my current installation and also starting
> over from scratch with a brand new Fink installation, all with the
> same result.
> 
> I would like to upgrade to 10.6 (so I will have to start with the
> current set of Fink packages) and so I appreciate any suggestions you
> might have on the matter.  I don't even know where to start to fix
> this problem.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Stefan
> 

What X11 are you using?

I can't reproduce your CPU usage issue on 10.5.8/i386 using Xquartz
2.5.3 and current/unstable GNOME stuff.

.xinitrc is deprecated as of 10.5, so you might try setting things up as per

http://finkers.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/finks-xinitrc-gnome-and-kde/

though I don't know if that will help.

- -- 
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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