I think it is unlikely to be the hardware at this stage. Here is a link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/HighCPU to a page that describes troubleshooting procedures for high X loads. Could you please try the first procedure, i.e. killing processes one by one to see if one of them is causing X to show high CPU utilization?
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Incomplete => New ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Incomplete -- Karmic Frequently Hangs with 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473722 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs