> On Thursday 13 October 2011 12:39:50 Tiago Marques wrote: >> I was interested in this problem. Regardless of whether it is a desktop >> or >> a laptop, mindless consumption of system resources is worth looking >> into. >> >> Best regards, >> Tiago >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am still awaiting a result from "Top" or "Htop". I actualy use "Top" > because it's possible to space the "measures" of more than 10 seconds, > which > is not the case of "Htop". The tool should temporise, since the > manipulation > of windows eliminated the phenomenon. I will post when I have a result, if > any. > > I wonder if some user has already observed this phenomenon.... > > Good luck to everyone, > Patrick I suspect what you saw may have been a transient Xorg glitch. If you can, try to reproduce the problem on a machine with a different graphics card (and therefore a different Xorg driver). Tim