Just sharing my thoughts for those battling with compiz cpu and/or memory usage
on Ubuntu 14.04:
Not only compiz in Ubuntu 14.04/Trusty consumes CPU it was also taking
significant memory of the order of 150M on my low-end hw laptops.
For me Ubuntu 14.04.1+ gnome flashback session with metacity
Forgot to add above: 160-200M compiz memory usage may not be significant
on most laptops with 2G-4G RAM but if you are starved on memory i.e
running some other critical apps etc this may be the case. CPU usage
with some settings adjustments via compiz settings is ok (0.3%)
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It appears to do with either the Tooltip feature or interaction of
gnome-panel(via flashback) with Unity app-menu.
In my 12.04 LTS with gnome fallback the tooltip text appears properly and
gnome-panel is very quiet. So the issue must be with tooltip feature simply or
some other changes. Anyway
Hi
1. Is the gnome-panel not brought in by gnome-session flashback package? My
assumption was that on a fresh Ubuntu 14.04.3 install the gnome-panel was not
present and one only gets standard Ubunty Unity default session choice. Only
after installing the flashback package one got the gnome
Trying to clear some space and see if i can test with above builds. But
is it possible to get backports of those fixes for gnome-panel in
14.0.4.3 LTS release?
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pls see attached cpu sample from perf in kernel tools for the gnome-
panel process spinning on a mutex cauing high cpu.
** Attachment added: perf-sample-cpu-spin
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-flashback/+bug/1487404/+attachment/4450166/+files/gnome-panel-issue.txt
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Not a big worry at moment but little annoying to see the simple gnome-session
process i.e gnome-panel consuming high cpu momentarily each time when moved
near Applications menu in top left on panel. i don't know any other details
on the gnome package : gnome-session flashback which i came to
Public bug reported:
Machine Make : Dell Inspiron 1440 , Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz × 2 .
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Graphics support : Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset .
OS/Install : Fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.3 desktop (kernel 3.19.0-26-generic)
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