Hmm, not sure what happened.
Rebooting fixed the problem.
I had to power down and reboot for unrelated reasons and now everything seems back to normal; bitcoin-qt, litecoin-qt and X all just using ~1% of 1 CPU each.
Linux is getting a bit too much like Windows to my taste.
Topic: bitcoin-qt 0.8.5 causes X windows to use 100% CPU (Read 758 times)
I recently upgraded to Slackware 14.1 (with KDE 4.10.5) and when I launch bitcoin-qt 0.8.5, X windows goes to 100% usage of one core (mouse becomes unresponsive etc) while bitcoin-qt itself uses 1-2% sometimes momentarily jumping up to 16% of one core.
The Litecoin 8.4.1 client causes the same effect.
If I try running bitcoind instead, it quietly sits at 1-2% while X windows stays below 10% CPU usage.
Any idea?
The Litecoin 8.4.1 client causes the same effect.
If I try running bitcoind instead, it quietly sits at 1-2% while X windows stays below 10% CPU usage.
Any idea?
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