[SOLVED] High load average in X at idle

Hello Archers,
Recently my laptop has been showing abnormally high 1-minute load averages (~0.20-0.80 on a dual-core machine) at idle whenever I have X running. This figure has always settled down to 0.00 after a while, and indeed it does when I exit to the console. What's puzzling is that top reports a less-extreme 2-3% CPU usage number, with X taking 1% at most (still high, though, considering I'm running a very lightweight DWM setup). To be sure, this does heat up the CPU noticeably. I don't think I've changed anything on my system except for routine updating, and I've made sure my .xinitrc script isn't the culprit.
Any ideas on why this is?
EDIT: Marked as [SOLVED].
Last edited by ktkhuong (2010-08-27 00:28:45)

Kernel .35.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103346
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