MATE 16.10 / Compiz / high xorg CPU time after 3-4 days

Support & Help Requests
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Hey guys,

I was curious if someone might be able to give me some tips to help trouble shoot an issue i’ve been having since i moved to MATE 16.10 from Ubuntu Desktop 14.04. Config is essentially the same, legacy Gnome desktop, compiz, NVIDIA drivers.

What i’m seeing is after 3-4 days, Xorg (lightDM) starts to run away and consume a good bit of CPU, enough to make the box slow. I’ll usually see 40-90% in glances.

facts about the config…

Mate 16.10
Compiz
NVIDIA Quardro 2000 - Using NVIDIA 375.66 additional driver found by OS, marked as “tested”

Any ideas or tips would be appreciated.

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After it peaks to such levels, what happens if you logout and log back in. So, not rebooting, just relogging? Does it drop back to normal levels?

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I did just notice when I killed a virtualbox guest that xorg went back to normal. I’ll troubleshoot that avenue.

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[quote=“sintax, post:3, topic:13799”]I’ll troubleshoot that avenue.[/quote]If I might offer a suggestion – try troubleshooting what the guest was doing in particular.