--- On Mon, 3/7/11, madunix(a)gmail.com <madunix(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 12 (upgrade
procedure not
fresh install) and Xorg appears to behave strange, cpu
jumps to high
utilization and Xorg getting 50% or more and swap
keep increasing.
Any suggestions.
Yes.
First, did you upgrade directly to 12 from 9 or incrementally--9->10->11->12? If
the former, that can cause problems, so much so that Fedora doesn't recommend it. If
the latter, you should be okay, but I've NEVER had good luck with upgrading--something
ALWAYS gets screwed--and always do a clean install on another partition, dual booting with
the previous install as a back up, which is what I did when I went from 9 to 12 on my
64-bit system. I'm currently running 12 even though it is no longer supported.
Absolutely, no problems. (I only upgrade every 3rd release anyway.)
[snip]
free
total
used
free shared
buffers cached
Mem: 500128
489072 11056
0
2724 95668
-/+ buffers/cache: 390680
109448
Swap: 1015800
290360 725440
You need more RAM! 512MB isn't going to cut it. My 4GB system uses 531MB after
booting to the GNOME desktop with only a terminal and file manager running. And I run a
"leaned out" system. If possible upgrade to 2GB. I consider that a useful
minimum for a contemporary Linux distro, not just Fedora, with KDE or GNOME desktops.
That's what I started with on my 4 year old system: initially, Fedora Core 6 32-bit.
I later installed the 64-bit version dual booted.
To reduce RAM needs, go to System->Administration->Services and turn off all the
services you don't need.
Also, try a "lighter" desktop like XFCE or LXDE, which I prefer. Or just go
with a window manager only. I like Openbox.
Recompile the kernel with only what your system needs to reduce its size, and, therefore,
RAM usage. This RAM saving option isn't for the faint of heart. RTFM before trying
this.
You didn't list the specs on your system. It would help to know that to give further
recommendations.
B