[opensuse] Why is my Xorg heavy on CPU?
Since some time my CPU is using between 40 and 49% of the CPU according to the system monitor.. What causes this activity and is there something I can do to reduce this to normal levels? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.0.0-11-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.00 (4.7.0) 13:11pm up 0:43, 3 users, load average: 6.28, 5.41, 4.82 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, August 20, 2011 01:17:12 PM Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: Since some time my CPU is using between 40 and 49% of the CPU according to the system monitor.. What causes this activity and is there something I can do to reduce this to normal levels? Forgot to mention that this happens if I run KDE. With LXDE i have 1 or 2% usage by Xorg -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.0.0-11-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.00 (4.7.0) 14:22pm up 1:54, 2 users, load average: 2.36, 2.23, 4.16 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Samstag, 20. August 2011, 14:23:33 schrieb Constant Brouerius van Nidek:
On Saturday, August 20, 2011 01:17:12 PM Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: Since some time my CPU is using between 40 and 49% of the CPU according to the system monitor.. What causes this activity and is there something I can do to reduce this to normal levels?
Forgot to mention that this happens if I run KDE. With LXDE i have 1 or 2% usage by Xorg
Try disabling some effects, e.g. "blur". Some graphic chipsets advertise functionality they actually do not support and if those are used for effects the CPU has to do the GPU's work. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, August 20, 2011 12:02:48 PM Sven Burmeister wrote:
Am Samstag, 20. August 2011, 14:23:33 schrieb Constant Brouerius van Nidek:
On Saturday, August 20, 2011 01:17:12 PM Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: Since some time my CPU is using between 40 and 49% of the CPU according to the system monitor..
What causes this activity and is there something I can do to reduce this to> normal levels?
Forgot to mention that this happens if I run KDE. With LXDE i have 1 or 2% usage by Xorg
Try disabling some effects, e.g. "blur". Some graphic chipsets advertise functionality they actually do not support and if those are used for effects the CPU has to do the GPU's work.
Thanks Sven and Dough, After yesterday update Xorg starts functioning at a normal level. But now virtuoso-t is playing up. 30-35% CPU. If I put the cursor on virtuoas-t it says Process staus: sleeping. Process is waiting for something to happen. A lot of CPU power for a sleeping program. -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.0.0-11-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.00 (4.7.0) 16:24pm up 3:48, 3 users, load average: 4.89, 5.45, 5.55 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Sonntag, 21. August 2011, 16:53:20 schrieb Constant Brouerius van Nidek:
But now virtuoso-t is playing up. 30-35% CPU. If I put the cursor on virtuoas-t it says Process staus: sleeping. Process is waiting for something to happen.
A lot of CPU power for a sleeping program.
According to your sig you use KDE 4.7 packages, e.g. from KDF. Those packages are updated with patches from time to time and since the buildservice is very slow it takes days until their impact is visible and (if reported) fixed. So please report KDE issues to opensuse-kde@opensuse.org. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 20 Aug 2011 07:17:12 Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Since some time my CPU is using between 40 and 49% of the CPU according to the system monitor.. What causes this activity and is there something I can do to reduce this to normal levels?
Sounds like you've hit one of the driver bugs that makes KWin go crazy. Are you running NVidia binary drivers? If you turn off the Desktop Effects (compositing) in KDE do things return to normal level? You may need to try turning off individual effects to see which one is reponsible, blur is usually the cause. That said, under 4.7 all my similar problems have gone away. Cheers! John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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