[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2013-02-05 Thread Doug Smythies
As of early August, this bug report can be set to fix released. I will do so now. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-10-12 Thread Guy
Hi, With today's kernel update: 3.2.0-32.51 it looks much better: 0.04 0.07 0.08 after 2-3 idle minutes with few open softs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-14 Thread sds
top does __NOT__ explain the loadavg (if it did, I would not have complained): non-0 CPU users account to 10-15% at most. (this, however, is absurd in itself! why does compiz take 3-4% of CPU on a 2.7GHz system when twm/fvwm/gwm/scwm never took more than 1% on a 200MHz system?!) moreover, top

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-14 Thread Doug Smythies
sds: first of all, loadavg is not about CPU: Yes, thanks for pointing that out. The issues were in the is the cpu busy or idle counting portion of the code, but the overall load average includes pending processes and I/O wait. And yes, top does not always explain loadavg. Sorry for misleading

Re: [Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-14 Thread sds
Let me just repeat an off-topic comment: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEMTIME+ COMMAND 2295 sds 20 0 1486m 52m 14m S9 0.7 43:10.59 compiz 2398 sds 20 0 527m 21m 5632 S3 0.3 24:08.33 unity-panel-ser 1340 root 20 0 281m 24m 4468 S

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-14 Thread Doug Smythies
sds: Perhaps you could use vmstat to check your reported load average. Your system was reporting 0.41 (post #99), but only 0.20 is accounted for in your post above. Example: I have 3 processes running at a load of 0.44 each (1.32 total (the 5 and 15 minute reported averages have not had time to

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-13 Thread sds
no good: 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 load average: 0.49, 0.66, 0.46 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-13 Thread Doug Smythies
Sudhir: I do not know anything about real increased power consumption. I only know about the reported load averages issue. However, I have observed many comments about real increased power consumption on other launchpad bug reports and various forums threads. sds: You claim the kernel 3.2.0-29-46

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-13 Thread sds
load average: 0.37, 0.35, 0.41 I am not running anything, so I expect it to be 0. they have a lot more stuff running what is the full list of the stuff running this very second? when I see non-0 loadavg, I want to be able to determine, quickly and painlessly, the exact list of applications which

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-13 Thread Doug Smythies
Run top to see what is running and what CPU it is using and total CPU it has used over time. I do not know the list of tasks that typically run with the desktop edition, as I don't use it. If you are not doing anything with the computer, it still has operating system overhead to deal with. The

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-11 Thread Dominik Baumann
With the last kernel update (to 3.2.0-29-generic-pae) problem is fixed for me. System monitor chart shows it: http://susepaste.org/view/raw/97494002 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-10 Thread Guy
After this morning kernel update to 3.2.0-29-generic, the load still not perfect but much better: 0.36 0.40 0.31 with chromium and gedit open. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-10 Thread Doug Smythies
Guy: How do you know the reported load average is not perfect? What is your actual load average? The method for determining reported load average is extremely undersampled. Accuracy expectations should be within about 20% for the 15 minute reported load average. The 1 minute reported load average

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-10 Thread Guy
You're right Doug, in fact the point that I used to compare is in reality only my experience with the previous release but not an objective way. With Gnome 2 it was near by 0.02 - 0.08 (15 min). Sincerely I was allway surprised by so low charge and I have not the knowlege and the utils to confirm

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-10 Thread sds
When the computer is idle, load should be 0. This is the source of its usefulness. I.e., non-0 loadavg means that either the comp is thrashing, or backup is running, or R is partitioning a graph, or emacs is being compiled or a file db is being rebuilt or normal ui operation (editing a

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-10 Thread Gonzalo Palarea
3.2.0-29 has fixed it for me! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-10 Thread Sudhir Khanger
I am wondering if kernel developers are aware of increased power consumption or if this bug only concerns load average. I am stuck with 3.3 or pre-3.4 kernel. Please let me know what information is required to sort this out. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-01 Thread luca
Seems to be fixed in 3.2.0-29.45 for me, or at least improved a lot, after booting, without opening any application, after some minutes the load dropped to ~0.15. With the system using about 25% of one core (I have 2 cores, 4 threads), the load is between 0.3 and 0.5, which seems fairly

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-01 Thread Doug Smythies
Yes, the patch was backported to upstream kernel 3.2.24, which in tern was included in Ubuntu as mentioned. See also bug #1029431 (search for load-ave) and https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/linux/3.2.0-29.46 (seach for load-ave) I don't think it is generally released yet. -- You

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-08-01 Thread Douglas Leeder
Any idea when it will go for general release? I'm looking forward to having useful load averages again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-25 Thread Quinta Helmer
The reboot after yesterday's kernel update seems to have fixed my problem (load is now below 1). I am glad about that; trying unreleased kernel patches on a machine I need for work is a bit scary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-23 Thread Guy
After this morning kernel update to 3.2.0-27-generic, still high load 1.20 1.22 1.14. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-23 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi Guy: Thanks for your attention to this one. No, this patch has not migrated to Ubuntu yet. At the upstream level (kernel.org) people have been testing the patch backported to the 3.2 series kernels. I think (but am not sure) that the patch will be reviewed for possible inclusion in kernel

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-23 Thread Guy
Thank you Doug for the informations. I see, and problably the only way to include the patch in the current ubuntu kernel would be to compile the kernel with the patch, isn't it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-19 Thread Quinta Helmer
I am willing to test the patch mentioned in post #80, but I have no idea how to install it (without risking to break everything because of doing something wrong). My load on idle is aroud 15 (4 cores). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-15 Thread Doug Smythies
The patch mentioned in posting # 76 is included in kernel 3.5-rc7, available here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.5-rc7-quantal/ It would be good if someone with a 12.04 desktop edition could try this kernel and comment. Myself, I am not interested in what the 1 minute

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-15 Thread Sudhir Khanger
Hi doug, I am not using Ubuntu 12.04 but Arch Linux. Load average is significantly down. [donnie@arch ~]$ uptime 09:37:29 up 6:44, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.16, 0.13 [donnie@arch ~]$ uname -a Linux arch 3.5.0-rc7-mainline #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 15 07:24:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-09 Thread Sudhir Khanger
I do see some significant reduction in both temperature and power. The load is still around or over 1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-08 Thread Doug Smythies
The patch is not in kernel 3.5-rc6. I assume it missed some cut-off time for rc6. Hopefully it will be in rc7, perhaps in one week. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-06 Thread Doug Smythies
The proposed patch, mentioned in a couple of postings above, now has a Commit I.D. 5167e8d5417bf5c322a703d2927daec727ea40dd As mentioned above, that patch is for the 3.5 series kernels and hopefully will be in 3.5-rc6, hopefully Sunday. All of my testing was done with that patch (and two other

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-07-06 Thread Guy
Thanks a lot for your efforts Doug, because it whas not easy!!! Now Ubuntu distro have all the keys in theyr hands, hope they will move the patch to the kernel in use... Once again, thank you for your efforts! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-29 Thread Guy
After this morning kerner update 3.2.0-26-generic, still high load. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-28 Thread Dominik Baumann
Hi, same problem here. What seems interesting to me is the loads uniform up and down which you can see on this munin chart, one wave every 2-3 hours: http://paste.opensuse.org/71588251 Special here is, that my ubuntu runs as a virtual machine. Perhaps special too: I also have an FreeNX server

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-24 Thread luca
Experiencing high loads with this CPU too, even using nohz=off, kernel Ubuntu kernel 3.4.0 from mainline builds: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 42 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz stepping: 7 microcode

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-24 Thread Doug Smythies
The kernel run time parameter nohz=off is not the same as a kernel compiled with CONFIG_NO_HZ=n. The actual related code that is executed in the two cases is different. Yes, the last time I tested it, which was in about February/March, the run time parameter nohz-off had no effect . For those

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-22 Thread Frantique
Doug: thank you for the information. We hope that the issue will be resolved soon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-21 Thread Doug Smythies
A fix for continuing issues with incorrect Reported Load Averages (both too high for light loads, and it turns out, still too low for very high loads and high frequencies) is being tested now. To try to cover all the senarios, I would anticipate about another week of testing. The proposed solution

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-20 Thread sdblepas
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-20 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-19 Thread sdblepas
Hi I have the same problem here I have Core i5 quad cores 8G Ram and a GeForce 9500 GT (1G). My load average is about ~0.62 whe I don't do anything, If I'm watching a movie I get 2.8 minimum Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-13 Thread Guy
With the last update 3.2.0-25-generic, still high load. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-13 Thread Doug Smythies
In Kernel 3.5 RC2 there were changes in the load calc area of the code. However, no difference with respect to this bug report. There is another proposed patch, that actually makes things worse, at least with respect to this bug report. The maintainers of this area of code upsteam at kernel.org

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-13 Thread Guy
Thanks Doug, good to know that the maintainers are informed, let see how long we will have to wait for a fixe... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-09 Thread Tanis Mezzelfo
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 now on my laptop and I have this constant high load averange :-( top - 20:28:23 up 1:10, 1 user, load average: 0.87, 0.81, 0.86 Tasks: 165 total, 1 running, 163 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie Cpu(s): 7.5%us, 1.9%sy, 1.8%ni, 86.5%id, 2.2%wa, 0.0%hi,

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-06 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Per comment #62 this issue appears to be an upstream bug. Would it be possible for you to open an upstream bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org [1]? That will allow the upstream Developers to examine the issue, and may provide a quicker resolution to the bug. If you are comfortable with opening a

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-05 Thread Paul Wilson
I am experiencing this too - it seems to be more prevalent when running on battery only, and not connected to AC power, but I can't really isolate that effect. Also, to be clear, in my case it is NOT just a reporting problem. My machine (quad i7) is so slow that it's unusable when in this

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-06-03 Thread Doug Smythies
tested Kernel 3.5 RC1. It is the same with respect to this issue. doug@s15:~$ cat /proc/version Linux version 3.5.0-030500rc1-generic (apw@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201206022335 SMP Sun Jun 3 03:36:00 UTC 2012 -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-30 Thread Houk
Load on 10.04 LTS average 0,1 Load on 12.04 after upgrade average 0,8 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-26 Thread Mickael-goetz
This is still happening with kernel 3.2.0-25 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-24 Thread Guy
With the Kernel update from this morning, nothing better, even worst, I reach 2.50 of load, and right now 1.88 1.56 0.99 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-24 Thread Frantique
#57: I can confirm this as well: 08:47:22 up 23 min, 1 user, load average: 2,60, 1,79, 1,58 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-24 Thread Guy
I made some tests, I removed catalyst 12.4 and rebooted. The load was lower then before the kernel update around 1.10 -1.20. So to be shure that the catalyst driver was the problem of the incrased load, I installed it again and rebooted. The load was still by around 1.10 -1.20, and right now by

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-22 Thread Doug Smythies
attaching a revised reported load averages tests results png (best viewed at zoom of 1:1 and scroll down as you read and look at graphs. I looked at and compared the relevant code area of kernel 3.4 verses the 3.2.0 that I have been using for my tests. The code is identical. ** Attachment

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-22 Thread Rutger Kroon
On my machine the high load is gone after installing the Nouveau driver instead of nVidia... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-22 Thread Guy
Interesting Rutger, I have the same hardware (AMD with catalyst) seens a while and under ubuntu 10.10 the load was near by 0.0 with Gnome 2, upgrading to Xubuntu 11.10 (minimal installation) the load grows to ~ 0.40, then upgrading to Xubuntu 12.04 I'm now by 1.20 and in // the load of X is

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-21 Thread luca
Ok, now kernel 3.4.0 is released: top - 18:39:07 up 10 min, 1 user, load average: 1.03, 1.14, 0.80 Tasks: 182 total, 2 running, 180 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 2.3%us, 1.5%sy, 0.8%ni, 48.3%id, 46.5%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.5%si, 0.0%st Mem: 3948812k total, 2279864k used, 1668948k

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-21 Thread Joseph Salisbury
So it sounds like this bug is fixed upstream. Adding tag kernel-fixed- upstream. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Triaged ** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-21 Thread hepaly
Ubuntu has updated the kernel today. The 'load average' is more better :) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3104528/load_average.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-21 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Does it appear that this bug is fixed with the latest updates? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-21 Thread Guy
I woudn't say fixed... A bit better but right now by writing the htop load is: 0.95 0.86 0.46 with the update kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-21 Thread Guy
Right now with chromium: 1:24 1:14 0:80, it's like waves ~ up and down... And /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp beetwen 3-14%! Anyway, for me, not fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-21 Thread hepaly
Sorry guys, but I wrote rashly, because the 'load average' is high again after an hour usage. :( http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3104528/high_load_again.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-20 Thread Jonas Jelten
Also tracked at ArchLinux: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29850 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-19 Thread Guy
Sorry but there is only one _all.deb in your link v3.4-rc7-precise. Where are the other .deb, or do I don't understand something? Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-18 Thread Rutger Kroon
Same problem here: poor performance, high cpu load (especially xorg) when typing and scrolling. Core i5 2500K 16GB... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-18 Thread Joseph Salisbury
This could be a dup of bug 995284 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Tags added: kernel-da-key -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-18 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.4kernel[1] (Not a kernel in the daily directory). Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag(Only that

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-18 Thread perriman
I can confirm with the 3.3.0 kernel the load average is smaller (currently with chromium 0.15 0.45 0.40) Linux afi 3.3.0-030300-generic #201203182135 SMP Mon Mar 19 01:36:20 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-12 Thread sds
additionally, the battery dies very quickly - can this be related? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-09 Thread Doug Smythies
The attached file should be viewed with zoom set to 1:1 and then scroll down as you read and view the graphs. ** Attachment added: test results including lower load averages https://bugs.launchpad.net/xubuntu-desktop/+bug/985661/+attachment/3139195/+files/commit_low_load.png -- You

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-07 Thread Doug Smythies
I only know of the related commit number as: c308b56b5398779cd3da0f62ab26b0453494c3d4 I would argue that the commit results in more accurate reported load averages, overall. One has to look at the reported load averages over the entire range of operation. Meaning over all frequencies of cpu's

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-06 Thread Doug Smythies
See also Launchapd bug 838811 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/838811 I wish I had known about this bug report before now. Reverting the above mentioned commit will fix this issue yes, but then break the massively low reported load averages under other conditions. -- You

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-05 Thread Firat Birlik
I can confirm that following commit is responsible: sched: Fix nohz load accounting SHA: 3a50863f6706ece7719a68be0ae57957164a0f0c It is introduced between following tags: * Ubuntu-3.2.0-21.34 * Ubuntu-3.2.0-22.35 All tags after Ubuntu-3.2.0-22.35 are affected and reverting this commit fixes

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-05 Thread Guy Beslagic
Same problem here on Xubuntu 12.04 without compiz installed and kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic, Phenom x6. The load everage (iddle) in htop: 1.02 0.92 0.95 and it jump to 1.80 with just chromium window opened! Far away from compiz bug! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-04 Thread ivant
I narrowed it down to a change in kernel 3.2.0-22. With 3.2.0-21 the load is normal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-04 Thread Douglas Leeder
Looking at the 3.2.0-22 changelog: '* Revert sched: tg-se-load should be initialised to tg-shares' looks to me like it could be a candidate for the cause? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-04 Thread luca
@douglas: googling a bit that change upstream seem to be related with the 200 lines patch ... anyway, could someone change properly the tag in this bug? I still seems a compiz bug .. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-04 Thread Frantique
** Tags removed: compiz-0.9 ** Tags added: kernel ** Package changed: ubuntu = linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xubuntu-desktop Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-04 Thread Soh Kam Yung
On Xubuntu 12.04, I tried the following kernels: 3.2.0-20-generic - load avg dropped close to 0.0 3.2.0-22-generic - load avg hovers close to 1.0 Could the high load avg be due to changes introduced between 20-generic and 22-generic? -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-04 Thread pschroth
I can confirm that it is kernel related. 3.2.0-24 high load 3.2.16-030216 normal load (from kernel ppa) Pse change this bug to the kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread Mohammad Taha Jahangir
It's seems it related to X-server. I have a high load (0.8) even in login screen, but when I stop lightdm, load drops to near zero. Note that highl load occures all the time, but cpu usage is low (few percent) I googled this problem, the problem may be with kernel drivers. I used power top and

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread Jorenko
Same issue here. My machine is doing nothing but running a few gnome-terminal sessions, and the load average is: 1.12, 1.00, 1.05 The top few items in top are almost always: 1094 root 20 0 327m 136m 15m R 11 6.8 45:20.30 Xorg 1754 jamesj20 0 1329m 85m 37m R5 4.3

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread Mohammad Taha Jahangir
UPDATE: My bug fixed with reveting back kernel to 3.0.0-19 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread Tim Savage
I am also experiencing this bug with 12.04 server. Therefore, I don't believe that compiz is the source, at least not for me, since there is no x server installed on this machine. ** Also affects: compiz-core Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: compiz-core -- You

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread luca
@taha-jahangir I workarounded installing kernel from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.3.4-precise/ : maybe I will revert to 3.2 when this bug will be officially fixed! :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread Sergei Garmash
Appears to be a problem with kernel. I had the same high average load problem with idle pc running only terminal with top (around 1.0 or even higher). After installing 3.3.4 load average under same conditions is like this: 0.03, 0.09, 0.08. Thanks for the hint, luca! -- You received this bug

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Load average is a measure of runnable processes and not CPU usage. Probably a good way to find the cause of high load average is to run ps auxw and look for processes with STATus R (running). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing)#Unix-style_load_calculation] ** Package changed: compiz

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-03 Thread Junior_sampa
I also confirm the problem with kernel. I also installed the v3.3.4 from mainline to test and the problem was solved. The load average returned to lucid conditions like 0.01, 0.07, 0.06. However I uninstalled it because it is not prepared for restricted drivers like my wireless broadcom. It

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-01 Thread philip schroth
This affects my system as well. Core I7 with a load around 1 to 2.5 Ubuntu 12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-01 Thread Mickael-goetz
I'm also affected, NVidia graphic card, core 2 Duo CPU and 8GB RAM. The load average is high in Ubuntu with Unity+Compiz 12.04 Xubuntu 12.04 with Xfce+Compiz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-05-01 Thread Mickael-goetz
Here is my Compiz profile, exported using CCSM (the default value are omitted). ** Attachment added: Compiz profile exported with CCSM https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/985661/+attachment/3123378/+files/compiz.profile -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-30 Thread pschroth
Same here my laptop is constantly hot. Load is very high compared to ubuntu 11.10.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-30 Thread pschroth
I tried Xubuntu and the load is also much to high. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-29 Thread Junior_sampa
Same problem here with load average: 0.63, 0.70, 0.53 Before with Lucid it was near 0.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-29 Thread perriman
These screenshots are in gnome shell and ubuntu sessions. Maybe the problem is not compiz, I don't know... ** Attachment added: gnome-shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/985661/+attachment/3115675/+files/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20de%202012-04-29%2017%3A16%3A34.png --

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-29 Thread perriman
The ubuntu session screenshot (Unity) ** Attachment added: Unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/985661/+attachment/3115676/+files/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20de%202012-04-29%2017%3A10%3A30.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-29 Thread perriman
Screenshot after 30 minutes only with chromium (gmail and launchpad) ** Attachment added: Captura de pantalla de 2012-04-29 17:56:16.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/985661/+attachment/3115691/+files/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20de%202012-04-29%2017%3A56%3A16.png --

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-29 Thread skunk
same here...high load average even when in idle. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-28 Thread asasoft
Almost Idle after login 16:36:29 up 28 min, 1 user, load average: 0.60, 0.81, 0.80 3.2.0-24-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 08:43:22 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz Mem: 3826 1543 2283 0174

[Bug 985661] Re: High load average

2012-04-28 Thread shayne lucas
I have gone back to 11.10 and here is load average: 10:30:00 up 2:55, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.09 There seems to be a problem with 12.04 at the moment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

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