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From: Chris <coold@connectnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Why is X taking up so much CPU time?
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 18:55:00 +0000
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I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.5 on a Petn 75 with 16 megs of ram, and whenever
i'm in X, my load averages are anywhere above 0.50 with nothing
running.  Just now i noticed that X has been running for about 4 hours
and has taken up about 6 hours and 20 minutes of CPU time.  Normally
i've only got 2 or 3 IRC sessions and a telnet session open and my load
averages are around 1.00.  Any ideas to look at would be appreciated,
thanks.

   Chris