X taking upto 99% processor time

[Matthias Clasen]

On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 14:25 +0100, Kjartan Maraas wrote:
> lø., 13.12.2008 kl. 22.48 +0000, skrev Paul:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Anyone any ideas why X should be taking 99% of my available processor
> > time? I'm using a dual core Intel x86 box with an nVidia graphics card
> > (I'm using the default X driver for it, not the nasty proprietory one
> > with it's nasty 3d acceleration and stuff ;-p)
> > 
> 
> I asked the same thing on irc this weekend and was told it was
> gnome-screensaver tickling some bug somewhere. Terminating
> gnome-screensaver fixed it for me at least.
> 

It was a bug in the SYNC extension. Ajax fixed it last week.