Re: [arch-general] gtk apps causing X cpu usage 85-100%

2012-08-03 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/02/2012 05:24 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos wrote: Are you running ntpd ? Could be related to: http://serverfault.com/questions/403732/anyone-else-experiencing-high-rates-of-linux-server-crashes-during-a-leap-second Try stopping the ntpd and setting the date manually as suggested. Then start nt

Re: [arch-general] gtk apps causing X cpu usage 85-100%

2012-08-02 Thread Leonidas Spyropoulos
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:37 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 08/02/2012 04:00 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: >> >> It's like there is some very bad race condition created in X when using gtk >> apps with the nvidia driver? Are you running ntpd ? Could be related to: http://serverfault.com/questions

Re: [arch-general] gtk apps causing X cpu usage 85-100%

2012-08-02 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/02/2012 04:00 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > > It's like there is some very bad race condition created in X when using gtk > apps with the nvidia driver? For what it is worth, I tested a SuSE box with MozillaThunderbird-14.0-2.1.x86_64 and xorg-x11-7.6-227.1.x86_64. The combined CPU usage o

[arch-general] gtk apps causing X cpu usage 85-100%

2012-08-02 Thread David C. Rankin
Guys, Here is a new issue on the latest Arch with nvidia and any gtk app like Firefox or Thunderbird. When using Firefox or Thunderbird, X cpu usage skyrockets to 85+%, the Tbird cpu will be 20+%. Here is a top screenshot showing usage: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/arch/bugs/tbird-cpu.jpg