X uses 100% CPU and becomes unresponsive

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Periodically a users desktop environment becomes almost completely unresponsive. Running top shows X is consuming 100% of
    

   CPU consistently.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

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