Public bug reported: This is ongoing issue that I've been having since 12.04. Now I'm on 14.04 the issue still persist.
On my netbook which runs on Intel GMA 3150 graphic video, if I log into my account while secondary monitor plugged in, it's almost guaranteed that compiz process will go wild and take unusually high cpu usage than normal, rendering desktop to crawl even when doing simple thing like hovering mouse pointer over launcher icon. However I'm not seeing this problem if I plug the secondary monitor only after Ive already logged into my user account. I've been doing that as workaround to this problem though it's not very convenience having to unplug and replug the monitor at every boot up/reboot. Can someone please look into this? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-45.74-generic 3.13.11-ckt13 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-45-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Tue Feb 24 17:48:46 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.3.22, 3.13.0-45-generic, i686: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a001] Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a001] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-01 (328 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily i386 (20140331) MachineType: Intel Corporation Pine Trail - M CRB PackageArchitecture: all ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-45-generic root=UUID=cb7acec2-e0c5-4138-beb9-da46e06eaa8e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: compiz UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/29/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 dmi.board.asset.tag: PTL Nanjing dmi.board.name: Pine Trail - M CRB dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: Revision A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd07/29/2010:svnIntelCorporation:pnPineTrail-MCRB:pvrRevisionA:rvnIntelCorporation:rnPineTrail-MCRB:rvrRevisionA:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Pine Trail - M CRB dmi.product.version: Revision A dmi.sys.vendor: Intel Corporation version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Feb 24 16:00:04 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 17 vendor INL xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 ** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 third-party-packages trusty ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1425003 Title: compiz uses high cpu usage when seconday monitor is plugged in during logging in To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1425003/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs