Public bug reported: When not doing anything, the system should use close to no cpu ressource.
However gnome-shell is permanantly displaying a cpu usage higher than normal. This happens even even after fresh boot with no application running. Opening applications tends to make the cpu usage of gnome-shell rise abnormally. When nothing is open and I don't touch the mouse, gnome shell takes several percents already. Touching the mouse or having firefox or nautilus open takes on average 30% of one of the cores and rises to 70% with Clementine open. I'm running a fresh amd64 precise install. Actually I installed twice and the problem showed up both times. There was no issue at first. I suspect the proprietary drivers to be involved, though I cannot remember exactly if the problem arose right after their installation. I'm using the latest version of fglrx from amd's website. I think the following threads are about the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1980053 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966865 Unfortunatly I can't confirm that removing the proprietary drivers solves the problem as the open source ones do not support 3D features for my graphic card yet and I would end up on a fallback session. I'm not accustomed to making bug reports so if their is anything else needed ask away. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.4.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu May 17 22:21:55 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cpu gnome-shell precise third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001000 Title: gnome-shell high cpu usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1001000/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
