On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:07:08 +0000 Pete Smout wrote: > On 05/03/12 21:10, Pete Smout wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For about a week now my laptop (ubuntu 10.04 LTS fully updated) has > > been freezing up for approx 30 secs, with gkrellm and top showing > > xorg using 100% cpu usage? > > There seems to be no pattern to what programs I am using, everything > > from open office to clementine to smplayer or thunderbird, not at > > any certain time of day or day of the week, or even weather using > > the inbuilt screen or external one. > > > > My understanding (admittedly limited) is that xorg is the bit that > > works the display (screen). Has anyone else come across this? > > > > For reference the laptop specs are: > > > > Acer Aspire 5720 > > Intel T5250 Dual core processor > > Ram 2.0 gb > > Internal graphics (intel) > > Internal sound (intel) > > > > Thanks in advance for any ideas > > > > Regards > > > > Pete > > > > > just for reference my xorg.conf: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Driver "fbdev" > EndSection
Might want to look into that bit. You should have a specific Xorg "driver" for your onboard Intel graphics chip. Run the following command to find out your graphics chip: lspci Look for the line that has VGA on it. If it does indeed say something about an Intel chip, then make sure you have the following package installed: xserver-xorg-video-intel (That package deals with all i8xx and i9xx chips) Once that's installed, remove the xorg.conf file and restart X. You can restart X by going to a terminal (NOT a terminal window... press CTRL+ALT+F2 and log in) and then run: sudo service lightdm restart (Or just reboot... up to you.) Grant. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/