Xsun (3.3.3.1-1.1 and 3.3.2.3-25) uses all available CPU power when idle. As soon as the screen blanks due to inactivity Xsun jumps to using around 95% of the CPU. When the mouse is moved, thus powering the screen back up, the CPU utilization drops to normal. Oddly enough, if the screen is reactivated by pressing a key on the keyboard the CPU utilization stays high. This behavior can be seen under any 2.2 kernel.
what cpu architecture do you have / sparc system do you use? ------- Email Received From Michael Shuey <shuey.edu> 04/13/99 12:28 -------
Same problem for me on an LX(sun4m), with cgsix and RH 5.2.
Can you verify if the recent egcs*1.1.2-13 and kernel*2.2.5-21 errata fix this problem?Can you verify if the recent egcs*1.1.2-13 and kernel*2.2.5-21 errata fix this problem?
I have recompiled kernel 2.3.2 with egcs-1.0.2. This is on RedHat Linux 6.0. It seems like the bug has dissapeared.
This problem appears to be fixed by upgrading your sparc kernel to the errata kernel*2.2.5-21.sparc*.rpms. Or use egcs*1.1.2-13 (or equivalently egcs*1.0.2) to compile your kernel. Thanks for verifying.