Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg CPU spike with Firefox
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 10:22:17PM +0100, Penguin Lover Rudmer van Dijk squawked: > are you sure this is only with firefox? > I have noticed this behavior too but due to lack of time I have reverted to > use xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 for me it looked like every application triggered a > cpu load of >90% by X. only I normally have a firefox window open all the > time... > another try at searching b.g.o (this time without the firefox keyword) turns up http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163827 I'll try disabling EXA and report back. W -- Four can study together, if three of them are dea... ~Daniel Jonathan Peng Sortir en Pantoufles: up 58 days, 20:22 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg CPU spike with Firefox
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 10:22:17PM +0100, Penguin Lover Rudmer van Dijk squawked: > are you sure this is only with firefox? so far this is the only app that I observed it with. xterm/aterm were left open for hours, a few large image editing jobs were done with gimp. Abiword and acroread I only had open for shorter periods of time (several minutes tops) so I cannot say with absolutely certainty that they don't cause the same behaviour. But firefox really stood out since almost every operation on it (starting it, clicking a link, get a new blank tab opened, pasting in a link, etc.) causes the CPU spike. > I have noticed this behavior too but due to lack of time I have reverted to > use xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 for me it looked like every application triggered a > cpu load of >90% by X. only I normally have a firefox window open all the > time... Right, on my stable box everything works like a charm. And I think they even improved the firefox memory leak problem between 1.5.x and 2.0.x, since now I can leave a dozen tabs open for a week or two without OOM killer kicking in. > have you tried a rebuild of firefox _after_ installation of then new xorg > packages? maybe that will solve the problem. Yes, actually, just now I tried both 2.0.0.1 and 2.0.0.1-r2, so it is probably a problem with xorg. Since you are also observing the problem, I'll try reverting to a lower version of xorg-server and see. Thanks, W -- "I'm going to do this in more stupid fashion in a moment." ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 58 days, 19:55 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg CPU spike with Firefox
On Sunday 04 February 2007, Willie Wong wrote: > On Febuary 2nd, I upgrade xorg from 7.1 to 7.2, which also pulled in > an upgrade for xorg-server, libXdamage, and other things. > > Starting yesterday (the 3rd of Feb), I noticed lock-ups when ever > firefox is open. At first I thought it was the fault of the animated > background, but then I found out that it still happened if I started a > no-frills, barebone fvwm session. I tried almost all of my other X > applications, and none of them had these behaviour (mplayer, inkscape, > gimp, abiword included). > > When I start firefox, the cpu use for X shots up to 90+ percent (for > X, not for firefox) for several minutes, and everytime I open a new > tab X cpu use goes up to 90+ percent for several minutes, during which > firefox is completely unresponsive, and xterms that I opened have a > lag of round 0.5 - 2 seconds between keypress and character appearing > on screen. are you sure this is only with firefox? I have noticed this behavior too but due to lack of time I have reverted to use xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 for me it looked like every application triggered a cpu load of >90% by X. only I normally have a firefox window open all the time... have you tried a rebuild of firefox _after_ installation of then new xorg packages? maybe that will solve the problem. Rudmer -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
