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From: Vinicius Massuchetto on 15 Oct 2009 19:16 Hi! After the last upgrade on sid my laptop went crazy and seems to be working hard all the time. It remembers me when I convert a video or play a 3D game using the Nvidia card for a long time. Can the problem be with the upgrade I did? What configuration can be causing it? Thanks. -- VinÃcius Massuchetto http://vinicius.soylocoporti.org.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: marc on 15 Oct 2009 19:16 Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > After the last upgrade on sid my laptop went crazy and seems to be > working hard all the time. It remembers me when I convert a video or > play a 3D game using the Nvidia card for a long time. > > Can the problem be with the upgrade I did? What configuration can be causing it? Probably the Nvida; at least, its driver. I have a similar problem on my laptop. I have to be careful with flash and playing some videos formats. To alleviate the problem, I lower the cpu freq when I know there will be an issue. A test I use is to run glxgears, then gradually enlarge the window. At some point, the fps will drop to single figures and the cpu will max out. -- Best, Marc "Change requires small steps." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Todd A. Jacobs on 16 Oct 2009 04:30
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 06:47:56AM +0000, marc wrote: > Probably the Nvida; at least, its driver. I have a similar problem on > my laptop. I have to be careful with flash and playing some videos You might try the latest nvidia driver, and see if that helps. For example: sudo m-a update; sudo m-a prepare; sudo m-a auto-install nvidia You might also consider adding: Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" to the "Device" section of your xorg.conf, which I understand is supposed to lower CPU usage. Also, running: nvidia-settings -a synctovblank=1 may reduce CPU usage at the cost of dropping the frame-rate to your monitor's refresh rate. -- "Oh, look: rocks!" -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org |