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Edgy 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 21:16:35 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Context switch from Firefox (both Ubuntu package 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 and Mozilla 2.0.0.1) to Xterm results in 100% CPU by Xorg.
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Edgy
2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 21:16:35 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Context switch from Firefox (both Ubuntu package 2.0.0.1+ 0dfsg-0ubuntu0. 6.10 and Mozilla 2.0.0.1) to Xterm results in 100% CPU by Xorg.