On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:57:52 +0000 Jon deps <yreb...@riseup.net> wrote:
> On 6/18/19 11:39 AM, Mike Keehan wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:44:04 +0000 > > omerta-3q9s2cxqgw4kltdg6p0...@public.gmane.org wrote: > > > >> Hey all, > >> > >> Over the last week I've noticed my laptops CPU keeps peaking @ > >> 80-85 every now and then, even when I'm not doing any resource > >> intensive tasks. > >> > >> I run 11-12 VMs @ a time which barely scratches the 34GB RAM on a > >> P51 Thinkpad with a i7 7820HQ running in a standard temperature > >> room environment majority of the time. > >> > >> Have thought of getting a cooling pad to resolve this, but would > >> prefer to see if there are any tweaks which can be made within dom0 > >> or the BIOS to put an end to this. > >> > >> Also of note, I'm getting similar pulsating fan noise as posted > >> here https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3599. > >> > >> Many thanks, > >> om > >> > > > > Run xentop in dom0 to see which of your VMs are using cpu the most. > > Web browsers can use lots of cpu on some pages! > > > > Mike. > > > > fwiw, this morning I woke up and my system was at the qubes 1st login > screen , apparently the system has crashed just far enough to close > all VMs but not reboot? > > I am now looking at the Xentop CPU numbers and with whonix-ws update > and one up to date torbrowser window 1 tab open and one page view, > the CPU is at 150% > > Maxmem was at 2000 , up'd that a bit, but also changed the VCPU to > '3' it was set to '2' and now the CPU with 1 page torbrowser open is > at 5% > > > I guess my question what effect changing the VCPU of the > TB-AppVM-Qube is > > or maybe something changed with the whonix-ws recently to mess up > the CPU usages??? > I don't use whonix, but I've just started it up to see how it behaves. And yes, it is using 150% cpu in the tor browser (using top in a terminal window in whonix-user VM), and about 170% cpu in xentop. (and my fans have come on!). All I can suggest is to close the tor browser when not in use. Mike. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20190619211505.587b8c91.mike%40keehan.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
