Public bug reported: Problem: Move a window around, or even simply move the mouse around while top is running and watch CPU usage instantly rise to 100%.
Extra Information: It may or may not be relevant but my graphics card is a Radeon HD 7950 and it is using the latest open source drivers. mmstick@mmstick-PC:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: X.Org OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD TAHITI OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30 OpenGL extensions: ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-031200rc5-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.12.6-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Mon Nov 11 19:07:26 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950] [1002:679a] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:254c] MachineType: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M. MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12.0-031200rc5-generic root=UUID=33eaa480-577f-4c3c-9d01-50cb4b95c533 ro splash quiet radeon.dpm=1 radeon.audio=1 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1604 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: SABERTOOTH 990FX dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1604:bd10/16/2012:svnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnSABERTOOTH990FX:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.47+git1311111623.da738d~gd~s version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0~git1311111625.ab2da9~gd~s version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0~git1311111625.ab2da9~gd~s version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0+git1311050907.e4cd0f~gd~s version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.905+git1311111624.c48993~gd~s version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10+git1311070905.480f09~gd~s xserver.bootTime: Mon Nov 11 18:50:19 2013 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu4 xserver.video_driver: radeon ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 third-party-packages trusty ubuntu ** Summary changed: - Abnormally High CPU Usage + Abnormally High CPU Usage (Ubuntu 14.04) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1250277 Title: Abnormally High CPU Usage (Ubuntu 14.04) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1250277/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp