[mythtv-users] Xorg hogging cpu

Paul Bender pebender at san.rr.com
Sun Jun 17 04:28:22 UTC 2007


Mike Geisterfer wrote:
> Yo, I'm having a problem on my second MythBox.
> 
> Xorg is hogging the CPU in most modes.
> 
> Info:
> 
> Monitor	Phillips 23FP5320	LCD Flat Panel
> 		Native Resolution 	720x480
> 		Best Fit		640x480
> 
> Connection	DVI
> 
> Screen Resolution	640x480
> 
> nvidia 	6200 Series GPU
> 		.9755 Driver
> 
> Version	O/S 		2.6.20-1.2952.fc6
> 		Xorg		7.1.1
> 		MythTV	20.1
> 
> CPU		AMD Semperon 3000+
> Memory	512 MB
> 
> Xorg.conf	TVSTANDARD "480p"
> 
> Watching Videos		No Issues
> Watching DVD		YES
> Watching Live TV		YES
> Watching TV Recordings	YES
> 
> Grub.conf 	modified 	noacpi	no change
> 
> Hopefully someone has seen this and  fixed it.
> Any help is appreciated.
> The WAF is getting very low, especially since its her machine
> Mine works....
> 	- Not DVI - SVideo
> 	- Not nVidia 6200 - 7300
> 	- Software is the same.
> 
> 	mike g.

Do you have

Option  "UseEvents" "true"

in the nvidia device section of the xorg.conf file?

If not, try adding it.


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