On 20 July 2010 11:12, ByteSoup <bytes...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20/07/10 10:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > On 20 July 2010 10:43, ByteSoup <bytes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 20/07/10 09:47, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> > >> > I have a similar problem with 64-bit (both 9.10 and 10.04) on a Dell >> > XPS M1330. Flash and java applications, primarily in web browsers, >> > cause the CPU usage to spin up to 100%. It even started happening with >> > Thunderbird 3. My solution was to have Flash disabled by default to >> > stop it happening, but that's difficult if you're developing video apps. >> > >> > It's possible to recover by logging out of the desktop and restarting >> > Xorg from a terminal, and that's really as far as I got with >> > diagnosing the problem, that it is an issue with Xorg and possibly >> > with the Nvidia drivers. However, it did really render the system >> > unusable so I've had to go back to my Mac to get work done. I haven't >> > raised a bug for it because, as you've found, it's very difficult to >> > get any useful diagnosis. >> > >> > Simon >> >> It seems like me and Simon are in the same boat. I need to run up a >> 32bit system on the same machine using an external HDD to compare. I do >> think its something to do with flash, so although its not the system as >> such. I do think it shows up a flaw in the way it seems hard to corner >> the problem and deal with it. >> >> Ive tried the CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE option as suggested by Alan and the >> "sudo restart gdm" and some other combinations. I think they all >> effectively restart the desktop. The problem is they dont seem to >> release the CPU, the Xorg process seems to be very busy doing something >> so my conclusion is that there is another process running thats causing >> this and its grabbing hold of the Xorg when it comes up again. >> >> Interestingly enough even when I drop out to a tty session (CTRL+ALT+F1) >> "top" shows load averages of 1.x and it doesnt really settle down to >> below 0.5 even when nothing is showing running apart from top itself. I >> know networking is probably still running though, but I cant make sense >> of this. I mean at the moment im using the desktop, typing this email >> with Thunderbird open also I have firefox open with a number of tabs and >> my load averages are showing 0.54 0.41 0.26 >> >> It seems the problem does go away if I wait 10-15 mins before restarting >> gdm, but its far quicker to reboot. So is there a way to find out the >> process tree of whats using Xorg if there is such a thing? >> >> > That's exactly what I see. Does your machine have an Nvidia graphics card > and do you use the proprietary drivers? If that's the case it is somewhere > between the graphics drivers and Flash and how they're used with Xorg. > > s/ > > > Hi Simon, sorry to sound a bit dumb here, but im not sure if I have > Nvidia, my "lshw" shows "intel" for display, could this sitll be nvidia? Its > a Dell E6400 > > sudo lshw -C display > > *-display:0 > description: VGA compatible controller > product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 2 > bus info: p...@0000:00:02.0 > version: 07 > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom > configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 > resources: irq:30 memory:f6c00000-f6ffffff > memory:e0000000-efffffff(prefetchable) ioport:ef98(size=8) > *-display:1 UNCLAIMED > description: Display controller > product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 2.1 > bus info: p...@0000:00:02.1 > version: 07 > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list > configuration: latency=0 > resources: memory:f6b00000-f6bfffff >
No, that's definitely an Intel integrated graphics controller so I suppose that removes Nvidia from the equation. s/ > > -- BBC 6 Music saved! http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood
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