I disabled all extensions in Firefox. I'm trying to fix my high CPU. I'm not a computer adept.
mark@Lexington:~$ ps aux | grep 'Z' USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 2587 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 08:05 0:00 [apccontrol] <defunct> mark 2608 0.0 0.0 0 0 tty2 Z+ 08:05 0:00 [livepatch-notif] <defunct> mark 19191 0.0 0.0 0 0 tty2 Z+ 16:38 0:00 [livepatch-notif] <defunct> mark@Lexington:~$ pstree -p -s 2608 systemd(1)───gdm3(1052)───gdm-session-wor(2026)───gdm-x-session(2053)───gnome-s+ mark@Lexington:~$ pstree -p -s 19191 systemd(1)───gdm3(1052)───gdm-session-wor(2026)───gdm-x-session(2053)───gnome-session-b(2065)───update-notifier(2599)───livepatch-not+ Before installing 18.04 my CPU load averages ranged from .5 to 1-ish. Now they are always over 2. That's not a heat issues, obvs, but it is making for erratic mouse/screen appearances. mark@Lexington:~$ canonical-livepatch status --verbose client-version: 8.1.0 machine-id: 6ac6b179c17c458d850424626c8b8c04 machine-token: be21448785bf432db941d268ec4e9032 architecture: x86_64 cpu-model: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor last-check: 2019-01-04T17:08:29.620560634-08:00 boot-time: 2019-01-04T08:03:53-08:00 uptime: 9h5m24s status: - kernel: 4.15.0-43.46-generic running: true livepatch: checkState: checked patchState: nothing-to-apply version: "" fixes: "" Sources: http://ubuntu.5.x6.nabble.com/On-restart-Livepatch-Notif-is-always-a -zombie-process-td5176526.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773959 Title: High CPU usage by gnome-shell when only running gnome-terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1773959/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs