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Compiz high CPU level

Post by slambert »

Hello everyone

I just installed the new Mint Mate 17.2 . It's great, I ilke it

But, I have an unexpected problem with my compiz (yes, I like the cube and the wobbly windows). I have 100% CPU level all the time. More, the desktop freezes very often. Even stranger, when I use the Desktop Setting and set Marco as the desktop manager, I still have compiz using 100% CPU (????).

My previous install ran for years without any problem, and I had exactly the same hardware. All this is very new....

What information do you need from my machine and what can I do to solve the matter ?

Thank you very much for your coming help !

Cheers

S.L.
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Re: Compiz high CPU level

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Compiz is always rather unstable and unreliable, even under optimal conditions.... However, some improvement might be possible in your case.

Please generate an overview of your system like this:
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz
(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.
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Re: Compiz high CPU level

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Hello Pjotr

Thank for your answer. Here is the output for the command inxi -Fxz

System: Host: smongdee02 Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: MATE 1.10.2 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: System: Gigabyte product: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: H61M-S2PV version: x.x Bios: American Megatrends version: FD date: 03/23/2012
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-2100 CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 12371.3
Clock Speeds: 1: 2587.531 MHz 2: 2850.789 MHz 3: 2621.800 MHz 4: 1860.847 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz, 1920x1080@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.76 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-3: Logitech driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 002-004
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.16.0-38-generic
Network: Card: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1c ver: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2000.4GB (36.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1003FZEX size: 1000.2GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD1003FZEX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 911G used: 684G (80%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 6.43GB used: 0.36GB (6%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 0.0:56C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 217 Uptime: 2 days Memory: 5017.5/7949.1MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17
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Nothing wrong in that list.... Even the right video driver.

You might try the easy generic solutions:

a. Install the latest kernel from the 3.16 series:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... el-updates
(item 3, right column)

Then reboot.

b. When no improvement: install the latest kernel from the 3.19 series. Then reboot.

c. When still no improvement: check for a newer BIOS / UEFI and when available, install it.
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Re: Compiz high CPU level

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I installed the latest 3.16 kernel and everything looks fine. Of course I will have to wait for a few days to confirm this, but so far, so good :)

Yes, there are sometimes problems with compiz, but I will migrate to another desktop manager the day they will implement wobbly windows and the cube. Until that day, I will stand with compiz.

Thanks for your help and have a great day :)

Cheers

S.L.
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