Vino & Xbmc issues

Hi All,

Many thanks for looking at this thread.

I am using vino remote access server & xbmc on Ubuntu 12.04. Everything works nicely without any problems. Recently, I have looked at htop over the terminal, and I have discovered when I access the vino server the CPU usage shows around 20%, and when disconnect vnc access from the client software, the cpu shows around 90%. please find the screen shots below,

With accessing the vino:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psbc2d0464.png

Without accessing the vino:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psc653742e.png

Please advise!

Deeply appreciate and thanks in advance!

Regards,

Any one could give me a help here?

Do you need any log files or any other information?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

I assume you are running the default install of xbmc with the default skin (Confluence).

The issue is caused by the news ticker at the bottom. Here's the easiest way to fix it:

1. Go to Settings > Appearence > Skin
2. On the right side untick "Show RSS news feeds"

You can, alternatively, also change the skin.

Many thanks for your answers.

At the moment, XBMC shows 9% which i think it is much better than 23%, but Vino still showing 90% when XBMC is running.

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Originally Posted by hth0923

Many thanks for your answers.

At the moment, XBMC shows 9% which i think it is much better than 23%, but Vino still showing 90% when XBMC is running.

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I just noticed the same issue, so I decided to stop using vino and switch to x11vnc. I did a brief test and it seems x11vnc doesn't exhibit these issues. Even if connected while a movie is playing it still has lower cpu footprint then vino -20-30% on a Dual Core 1.2GHz CULV Intel.

Here's what I did to get it up and running:
1. Start the Screen sharing configurator and disable screen sharing.
2. Install x11vnc & xinetd

Code:

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$ sudo apt-get install x11vnc xinetd

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3. Go to /etc/xinetd.d/ and create a new file with the following content:

Code:

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x11vncservice
{
        port            = 5900
        type            = UNLISTED
        socket_type    = stream
        protocol        = tcp
        wait            = no
        user            = root
        server          = /usr/bin/x11vnc
        server_args    = -inetd -display :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -q
        disable        = no
}

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4. Start the xinetd service

Code:

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$ sudo start xinetd

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by kirichkov

I just noticed the same issue, so I decided to stop using vino and switch to x11vnc. I did a brief test and it seems x11vnc doesn't exhibit these issues. Even if connected while a movie is playing it still has lower cpu footprint then vino -20-30% on a Dual Core 1.2GHz CULV Intel.

Here's what I did to get it up and running:
1. Start the Screen sharing configurator and disable screen sharing.
2. Install x11vnc & xinetd

Code:

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$ sudo apt-get install x11vnc xinetd

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3. Go to /etc/xinetd.d/ and create a new file with the following content:

Code:

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x11vncservice
{
        port            = 5900
        type            = UNLISTED
        socket_type    = stream
        protocol        = tcp
        wait            = no
        user            = root
        server          = /usr/bin/x11vnc
        server_args    = -inetd -display :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -q
        disable        = no
}

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4. Start the xinetd service

Code:

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$ sudo start xinetd

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It didn't work for me, but I have found a link, it works great! Please find it below,

http://unquietwiki.blogspot.co.uk/20...th-ubuntu.html

Many thanks for the idea!