Re: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 6.14.4: X has constant 10 % CPU usage

On Die, 2012-09-11 at 14:42 +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:

using Debian Sid/unstable with the awesome 3.4.13-1 window manager and Evolution 3.4.3-1, htop shows X to constantly use 10 % of the CPU. Closing Evolution the usage goes back to more or less 0 %.

I'm not seeing this. Is there something in your Evolution window(s) that is constantly repainting, e.g. a spinner in the status bar, a blinking cursor, ... ?

Could somebody please tell me what component (X driver, DRM, Evolution, Cairo, …) to investigate and how?

I'd focus on profiling the X server, making sure the profiles show symbols, ideally with call graphs. sysprof or perf might work better for this than oprofile.