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xcraft

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Registered: 2009-01-25

Posts: 8

high CPU usage on fluxbox

Hi, i just installed arch linux to my eee pc 900 using http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … sus_EEE_PC . Anyways, i did everything the guide told me and now i have a fluxbox without any additional software. But i think there is a problem. X is very slow according to other distros and i believe fluxbox should be much faster then gnome, kde vs.

i open a terminal and execute top to see what the problem is and for example while i drag a window cpu usage jumps up to %40. i think there is a problem. I also tried this with just X (without any enviroment like fluxbox) and the result is the same. I prefered arch because i wanted a faster system. plz help me to solve the problem. Thanks

Lexion

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Registered: 2008-03-23

Posts: 510

Re: high CPU usage on fluxbox

Things that might slow it down:

- xcompmgr
- ANY transparency
- 'Update contents while drag' option for windows

Also, what program(s) is/are taking up so much CPU?  I'd assume that it's fluxbox, but it might be something else.

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Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: high CPU usage on fluxbox

Are you loading any programs during startup? maybe using the autostart  in fluxbox?

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Cyrusm

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From: Bozeman, MT

Registered: 2007-11-15

Posts: 1,053

Re: high CPU usage on fluxbox

also check that you have

session.screen0.opaqueMove       false

in your .fluxbox/init  this will probably help a bit if it is currently true,

Last edited by Cyrusm (2009-01-26 13:52:13)

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xcraft

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Registered: 2009-01-25

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Re: high CPU usage on fluxbox

I solved the problem. It was about cpufreq app. which set my cpu speed to 133 MHz. Everytime i startup, i use the command cpufreq-set -g performance and now it runs without any problem. Thanks for your time.