processor usage

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: processor usage
started by: blackbeast

Posted by blackbeast on July 10 2007,11:02

Hi.
I just downloaded dsl 3.4 and burned it and started it. It was very easy to connect to the internet, over pppoe.
But, I noticed how slow my laptop is. And then I looked at the top right corner and saw that the processor usage is all the time 99 %. Only a few times it fell to 96-97 %.
Can someone explain it to me?!
My laptop is HP pavilio dv5000. AMD Turion64 on 2.0 GHz, 512 of ram. So it is more than enough to run it.
Maybe this is becaouse of running from cd?! But it should not be 99 % all the time.
I am confused.

Someone, please give me advice.

Thanks.

I almost forgot. My scroll doesn't work. How to enable it?

Posted by curaga on July 10 2007,11:44

something crashed, that's why processor usage is high. Open Aterm and type "top" and see which process uses that 99% of cpu.

About scroll wheel, boot with "dsl xsetup" then it asks if you have a wheel mouse..

Posted by blackbeast on July 10 2007,12:58

Thank you. I will try that.
And, I have another question. I know it is OT.
Does dsl supports widescreen resolutions? Because my laptop has a widescreen monitor, and dsl is kind of blurry.
For example, when I use firefox, I cannot clearly see everything. As I said, it is blurry, so I have to enlarge text.

Posted by curaga on July 10 2007,13:25

Does if you install a full X extension: XFree or Xorg..

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 10 2007,14:48

or see < http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Vga%3Dxxx >

Posted by curaga on July 10 2007,16:07

I though vesa modes don't include wide resolutions?

Posted by blackbeast on July 10 2007,18:32

It was xvesa that uses 100 % of cpu. I think that it is because of the resolution!
I also tried the other, frame buffer instead of xvesa, but the same thing happens.
Standard resolution of my screen is 1280x800.
I was using 1024x768 on dsl.
I was hoping that it could work without installing anything else.

I have used dsl occasionaly for almost 3 years, but never on a comp with widescreen monitor.

Posted by curaga on July 11 2007,08:36

Yep, get full X