netbook-launcher blinking;xorg and other programs taking too much cpu usage

[matu]

Binary package hint: netbook-launcher

Hello :)

1) After i installed ubuntu netbook remix 9.04 from usb key i performed an update (using update manager by clicking on the button saying something like "update to 9.10") to 9.10. -> 9.10

2) matu@matu-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy netbook-launcher
netbook-launcher:
  Installé : 2.1.12-0ubuntu3
  Candidat : 2.1.12-0ubuntu3
 Table de version :
 *** 2.1.12-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) I expect it to not to lag

4)After i plug my external screen 1900x1200 (iiyama Prolite E2403WS) on my notebook 1280x800 (Dell inspiron 6000) and set the screens to use the resolutions i specified above and relog in gnome, "netbook-launcher" starts blinking and takes a lot of cpu usage (something like 30% on my pentium-m simple core 1.6GHz) , Xorg and xchat takes a lot of cpu too (something like 5% for each of them...)

Bye and thank you for your work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 1 22:36:15 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/netbook-launcher/disable_single_instance=false
 /apps/netbook-launcher/force_low_graphics=false
Lsusb:
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 6000
Package: netbook-launcher 2.1.12-0ubuntu3
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=73da4eac-a8fd-4e17-a713-14e4cca510ac ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: netbook-launcher
Tags: ubuntu-unr ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 06/27/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0X9238
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd06/27/2005:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron6000:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X9238:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 6000
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-16-generic

[Vasya Pupkin (shadowlmd)]

As soon as you plug and configure second display, netbook-launcher starts using a lot of CPU power. Switching to classic desktop fixes the problem and system starts working fine. In search for a solution i found this post on a forum:

===
I just encountered the same problem. This part of the xorg.conf was the culprit:

SubSection "Display"
Virtual 2515 2136
EndSubSection

Run "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" as described in the xorg.conf file's comments. It will regenerate the file (without the Virtual stuff) and netbook-launcher should work normally again after restarting X.
===

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

this sounds a lot like a dupe of bug 425773. What graphics driver do you use? Is this problem still reproducible for you?

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

marking as dupe of bug 425773 for lack of alternatives due to insufficient information

[penalvch (penalvch)]

matu, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg-server REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

netbook-launcher is part of the lucid Desktop and as such no longer supported.