As a matter of fact, I am using the generic driver installed, 'cause there's no 64bit drivers from ATI :( > Everything worked AOK until I did a dist-upgrade using apt-get several > days ago. It upgraded all the X related files and X then started > crashing very frequently (just moving some windows could cause a crash) > and it crashed every day even without doing anything. I noticed something similar: after installation, everything seemed ok. I think I started having the mentioned problems after updating thru yum... On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:38:22 -0400, rab <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thiago Guzella wrote: > > > > >Hi there guys, > > > > > >I have an Athlon64 Box, using a Radeon 9200SE video card running FC > >x86_64 (default kernel), up to date with most updates by yum. > >The problem I have right now is that X is too slow... After 3+ hs on, > >X starts to use 30% of the system memory (512 Mb BTW), and sometimes > >using 30% of CPU (as reported by ps), with no apparent system usage. > >At this time, the simple action of moving a window uses 100% of CPU. > >Sometimes, after 8+ on, I notice the use of swap memory... > >I am running Xfce 4.06 (I was running Gnome before, but with this > >issue using it is quite hard)... > >Any tips?? LMK if I need to post detailed system specs... > >BTW, right now (25 minutes since startup), X status is (by ps): > > > >root 2163 9.5 8.9 208132 45832 ? S 15:46 2:21 > >/usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 > > > > > >Thanks > >Thiago Guzella > > > > > > > I just built an Athlon 64 box with an Nvidia GEFORCE FX 5700 LE video > card about 3 weeks ago. I switched from > using the fc2 shipped nvidia GEFORCE FX driver to a generic VGA driver > and the problem has disappeared. You might try the generic driver until > you can find a better driver. > > Rick B. >
