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McManus
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 Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:54 pm Post subject: High CPU usage with X after upgraded to 2.4.20-gentoo-r1 |
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I dunno exactly where to post this, sorry... 
I just (successfully) upgraded my kernel to 2.4.20-gentoo-r1, and I noticed that the CPU usage for X pegs to about 20~30% average, which is MUCH worse than it was before (close to 0% originally, IIRC). Is this a problem with the gentoo-sources kernel or X? I should mention that X wasn't originally compiled with gcc-3.2.1-r6, whereas the new kernel is... should I recompile X? Any hints/suggestions/similarities? Let me know, thanks!
Edit: I should add that I'm using ~x86 unstable, on a dual processor Athlon-MP, with CFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -mmmx -msse -m3dnow -O3 -pipe" (was Gentoo-1.4_rc1, but I've been emerge world'ing along the way... )
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pilla
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:13 am Post subject: |
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Moved to OTG.
This can be an issue with some option or new patch in this kernel.
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die_vms_die
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r1 was recenlty marked stable, and I upgraded to it last night. I noticed an increase in cpu usage too. Both X and kdeinit are each taking about 10% of my 900Mhz Athlon t-bird's cpu time. |
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hjlane3
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| i have also just upgrade to gentoo-sources 2.4.20 and am having the same exact problems |
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die_vms_die
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 8:09 pm Post subject: it's kde |
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By using top on a different vt I determined the high CPU usage only occurred when logged into kde. Gnome or just the kdm login screen didn't cause high CPU usage. I created another user account, and log into kde with it, and discovered the CPU usage was normal for that account.
I deleted all the .kde* stuff from my home directory, and now X is using 2-3 percent CPU usage in kde.
I'm left with a default kde setup now though, so maybe someone wants to figure out a less barbaric why to straighten out kde. |
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abergou
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| anyone figure this out? I'm also having a similar issue -- though I can't say if kde definitely causes it. |
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Accipiter
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:39 am Post subject: This is something of an issue |
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I'm running KDE on dual Athlon-MP 1.2 GHz with 2.4.20-gentoo-r1, and I experience the same consistently higher (both system and user) CPU counts while X is running. It seems that while certain programs are running, this effect is increased. Fire up gkrellm and watch your percentages go up with tools like "knewsticker" and the like. I bet this isn't a kernel thing; it's more likely KDE reacting to it somehow... I suggest looking there, first.
If I'm right... well, go figure.  |
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