HighCPU usage in X

[Mike Basinger]

Binary package hint: xorg

Occasionally, I get high CPU usage in an interaction between X and GDM.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 17.271470] eth0: no link during initialization.
 [ 17.271911] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
 [ 18.453185] Adding 6000236k swap on /dev/mapper/cryptswap1. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:6000236k
 [ 19.202609] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
 [ 26.756009] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Mon Oct 5 19:35:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ca:18a3 Ricoh Co., Ltd
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio XPS 1340
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=aa78a574-5ac0-46bc-9db6-908dd9288181 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0~git20090817.7c422387-0ubuntu7
 libdrm2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 09/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: 0Y279R
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A11
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A11
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd09/08/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudioXPS1340:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn0Y279R:rvrA11:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA11:
dmi.product.name: Studio XPS 1340
dmi.product.version: A11
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-11-generic

[lspci]
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M G] [10de:0866] (rev b1)
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0271]

[Thorprime (thorprime)]

This bug happens to me a few times a day as well. A restart of gdm seems to temporarily fix the issue. (NVIDIA Driver version 185.18.36)

Seems to me like it could be related to bug 417138.

[Thorprime (thorprime)]

lscpi -vvnn content attached.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

This bug report was filed against an old version of Ubuntu.
Can you confirm whether this is still an issue in natty?

If you don't mind, it would be very helpful if you could update the bug
report in launchpad to 'Fix Released' if it is no longer an issue for
you, or if it is still occurring under natty, please tag the bug 'natty'
so it's easier for us to track.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.