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#1 2010-08-31 18:17:37
- rohankolay
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High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
hi,
Even when my machine is idle it shows 100%cpu usage with all the resources hogged by i915.I killed the process and the machine is working fine now. This wasn't happening before and has started happening recently.
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#2 2010-08-31 18:40:58
- karol
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Re: High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
Where does it show that 100%, what app are you using to measure?
What kernel (version) are you using, what DE/WW?
i915 is the intel module / driver.
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#3 2010-08-31 23:35:32
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Re: High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
You may find this link interesting http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/15/111 Linus Torvalds has the same problem
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#4 2010-09-01 17:32:57
- rohankolay
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Re: High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
Where does it show that 100%, what app are you using to measure?
What kernel (version) are you using, what DE/WW?i915 is the intel module / driver.
It shows 100% when in top. The link given by Chok shows the same problem.. but no solution.
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#5 2010-09-01 17:34:37
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Re: High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
karol wrote:Where does it show that 100%, what app are you using to measure?
What kernel (version) are you using, what DE/WW?i915 is the intel module / driver.
It shows 100% when in top. The link given by Chok shows the same problem.. but no solution.
Downgrade your kernel to .34 and see if it still hogs your system.
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#6 2010-09-02 17:49:44
- rohankolay
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Re: High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
Right now i have kernel26-2.6.35.4 which i updated on 27 aug. That is around the same time the problem began.Should i downgrade it to kernel26-2.6.35.3 or kernel26-2.6.34.3?
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#7 2010-09-02 17:56:27
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Re: High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
Right now i have kernel26-2.6.35.4 which i updated on 27 aug. That is around the same time the problem began.Should i downgrade it to kernel26-2.6.35.3 or kernel26-2.6.34.3?
I think most people have been seeing the problems in any of the 2.6.35 kernels, so 2.6.34.3 would be my recommendation
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#8 2010-09-02 18:30:37
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Re: High cpu usage even when machine is idle <solved>
rohankolay wrote:Right now i have kernel26-2.6.35.4 which i updated on 27 aug. That is around the same time the problem began.Should i downgrade it to kernel26-2.6.35.3 or kernel26-2.6.34.3?
I think most people have been seeing the problems in any of the 2.6.35 kernels, so 2.6.34.3 would be my recommendation
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And put kernel26 in IgnorePkg.
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