X taking upto 99% processor time

[Horst H. von Brand]

Matthias Clasen <mclasen at redhat.com> wrote:
> 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.

Packages with the fix? I don't want to lug too many old packages around...
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