On Fri, 2015-08-14 at 06:02 -0400, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote:
On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 23:51 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 08/13/2015 02:44 PM, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote:
Top shows PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 32160 root 20 0 259m 104m 22m R 76.5 1.3 559:07.79 Xorg 23391 hardtolo 20 0 6293m 215m 26m S 16.9 2.7 21:49.86 java
Well, what's process 23391,
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and does Xorg stop using a lot of CPU time if you terminate it?
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Ended the trade screens applet and tried selection of a region with ksnapshot - same results were a lag and jerkiness. I checked all the open FF windows to see if I had other known hog applets runing but didn't see any.
Trying shutting down FF and restarting, which used to provide some temporary relief - like Alka-seltzer.
After shutting down FF and before restarting FF, region selection still lagging and jerky. Top shows PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 32160 root 20 0 221m 75m 13m R 68.7 1.0 1192:08 Xorg 2025 hardtolo 20 0 1479m 281m 78m R 14.6 3.6 226:35.72 soffice.bin 1035 wild-bil 20 0 1116m 315m 43m S 7.6 4.0 196:15.91 firefox
The FF above is different user, with which there are generally no effects because of low usage. Xorg dropped from 76.5% at the time I posted yesterday. So even with that heavy user's FF shutdown, Xork (a new snigglet?!) is taking a big slice of CPU time when the only thing happening interactively is me editing this reply.
Ended the above FF, ksnapshot selection still lagging and jerky, CPU dropped another few points to hover around 53% or so - some improvement.
Ah! I just noticed that user still has the check for updates showing on the panel. I'll disable it, log out and in and see what X shows for CPU usage then.
Ending Evolution dropped CPU usage on Xorg down another 3% to ~50%.
Anyway, logging the user out and back in, the panel shows no checking for updates. Ksnapshot selection for the other user still lagging and jerky. CPU usage now bouncing 49%-53% with only this message composing going on and the other user on the other X session just sitting with open terminals and some openoffice spreadsheets open. soffice.bin showing about ~9%-~12% CPU usage.
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Bill