I will try to add more RAM to it. I have done the yum check ... all went OK ... but it didn't change the behaviour. Thanks for your help.
# dmidecode 2.10
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
74 structures occupying 2320 bytes.
Table at 0x000F0450.
Handle 0xDA00, DMI type 218, 35 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA 23 00 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 38 00 58 00 58 00 01
00 59 00 59 00 01 00 05 80 05 80 01 00 FF FF 00
00 00 00
Handle 0xDA01, DMI type 218, 35 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
DA 23 01 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 38 00 10 F5 10 F5 00
00 11 F5 11 F5 00 00 12 F5 12 F5 00 00 FF FF 00
00 00 00
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Version: A02
Release Date: 07/19/2004
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 512 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
LS-120 boot is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 25 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Dimension 4700
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: G15T81J
UUID: 44454C4C-3100-1035-8054-C7C04F38314A
Wake-up Type: APM Timer
Handle 0x0200, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0M3918
Version:
Serial Number: ..CN7082148E050F.
Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 13 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Type: Mini Tower
Lock: Not Present
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: G15T81J
Asset Tag:
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
Handle 0x0400, DMI type 4, 32 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: Microprocessor
Type: Central Processor
Family: Pentium 4
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: 34 0F 00 00 FF FB EB BF
Signature: Type 0, Family 15, Model 3, Stepping 4
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
DS (Debug store)
ACPI (ACPI supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
SS (Self-snoop)
HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
TM (Thermal monitor supported)
PBE (Pending break enabled)
Version: Not Specified
Voltage: 1.8 V
External Clock: 800 MHz
Max Speed: 3600 MHz
Current Speed: 3000 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: ZIF Socket
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0700
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0701
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Not Specified
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 16 kB
Maximum Size: 16 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Other
Installed SRAM Type: Other
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: None
System Type: Data
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0701, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Not Specified
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 1024 kB
Maximum Size: 1024 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Other
Installed SRAM Type: Other
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0800, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: PARALLEL
Internal Connector Type: None
External Reference Designator: Not Specified
External Connector Type: DB-25 female
Port Type: Parallel Port PS/2
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Patrick Bartek <bartek047@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
--- On Mon, 3/7/11, madunix@xxxxxxxxx <madunix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Yes.
> Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade
> procedure not
> fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu
> jumps to high
> utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap
> keep increasing.
> Any suggestions.
First, did you upgrade directly to 12 from 9 or incrementally--9->10->11->12? If the former, that can cause problems, so much so that Fedora doesn't recommend it. If the latter, you should be okay, but I've NEVER had good luck with upgrading--something ALWAYS gets screwed--and always do a clean install on another partition, dual booting with the previous install as a back up, which is what I did when I went from 9 to 12 on my 64-bit system. I'm currently running 12 even though it is no longer supported. Absolutely, no problems. (I only upgrade every 3rd release anyway.)
> [snip]
>You need more RAM! 512MB isn't going to cut it. My 4GB system uses 531MB after booting to the GNOME desktop with only a terminal and file manager running. And I run a "leaned out" system. If possible upgrade to 2GB. I consider that a useful minimum for a contemporary Linux distro, not just Fedora, with KDE or GNOME desktops. That's what I started with on my 4 year old system: initially, Fedora Core 6 32-bit. I later installed the 64-bit version dual booted.
> free
>
> total
> used
> free shared
> buffers cached
> Mem: 500128
> 489072 11056
> 0
> 2724 95668
> -/+ buffers/cache: 390680
> 109448
> Swap: 1015800
> 290360 725440
To reduce RAM needs, go to System->Administration->Services and turn off all the services you don't need.
Also, try a "lighter" desktop like XFCE or LXDE, which I prefer. Or just go with a window manager only. I like Openbox.
Recompile the kernel with only what your system needs to reduce its size, and, therefore, RAM usage. This RAM saving option isn't for the faint of heart. RTFM before trying this.
You didn't list the specs on your system. It would help to know that to give further recommendations.
B
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