Ubuntu 12.04 + Nvidia - Heavy CPU usage

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  1. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    I've written a short tutorial explaining how to work around the problem of high CPU usage and slow system responsiveness in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin with Nvidia graphics card, including diagnosing the problem correctly, post-release driver updates and Sync to VBlank option. You should read this.

    http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-pangolin-nvidia.html


    Cheers,
    Mrk
     
  2. GODFATHA

    GODFATHA Registered Member

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    Thanks man. This will come in handy for some of my clients.
     
  3. mack_guy911

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    awesome finding mrk it help many of us :)))

    thanks very much for great tutorial :)
     
  4. Interesting... Sync-to-vblank causes performance issues on Intel GPUs (with the KMS driver) as well, in my experience.
     
  5. Ocky

    Ocky Registered Member

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    I don't have this with Kubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) and 295.40 drivers.
    I wonder why not ? Is it only Ubuntu 12.04 ?


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  6. tlu

    tlu Guest

    Adding the X Updates ppa which contains stable upstream versions of X.org drivers etc. is also a good idea. Right now it has version 295.53 of the Nvidia driver. I don't have an Nvidia card so I can't tell if the new version fixes the problem, but it's usually worth a try.
     
  7. BrandiCandi

    BrandiCandi Guest

    Thanks MrKvonic! I've seen lots of unsolved threads in ubuntuforums.org about this issue. I'll give them your link.

    :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

    It seems to be a problem with not just Nvidia drivers. I suppose one could apply similar fixes to other graphic cards. What do you think?
     
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  8. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    I don't know. I don't want to throw hasty words ...
    I must test before I can give educated guesses ...
    Mrk
     
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