I found the cause of the high CPU usage by xorg! The very application I was using to watch CPU usage CAUSED xorg to consume +80% CPU usage.
The minute I shut down 'System Monitor' the CPU usage as reported by 'top' dropped to background levels. So trhere is a problem BUT it isn't as serious as I first thought. So all that must be done is to make sure 'System Manager' is not deployed on multi core CPUs. Bar [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- xorg +80% CPU with Asus MB & AMD dual core https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225710 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