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  1. #1
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    very high processor usage

    i have the system monitor applet on my panel which is showing a constant 70%+ usage at all times even when my firefox and all other applications are closed.I use to have a look at this applet in 9.10 which never showed so much cpu usage.

    What details do i need to provide to diagnose this problem.

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    Re: very high processor usage

    need to identify which app(s) or services use cpu

    is there boinc used or something else in the background ?

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    Re: very high processor usage

    Code:
    varun@varun:~$ top
    
    top - 19:19:05 up  8:04,  2 users,  load average: 2.93, 2.82, 2.55
    Tasks: 184 total,   4 running, 180 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
    Cpu(s): 43.7%us, 34.8%sy,  0.5%ni, 20.5%id,  0.0%wa,  0.3%hi,  0.2%si,  0.0%st
    Mem:   2019952k total,  1689776k used,   330176k free,   183808k buffers
    Swap:  2048276k total,     2744k used,  2045532k free,   824552k cached
    
      PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND            
     1182 root      20   0 84900  33m  17m R   25  1.7  89:57.43 Xorg               
     1537 varun     20   0  266m 222m  10m R   17 11.3  91:28.02 indicator-apple    
     1553 varun     20   0 85152 4532 3620 S   12  0.2  60:34.47 indicator-sound    
     9825 varun     20   0 46724  19m  15m S   10  1.0   0:25.96 gnome-system-mo    
     3956 varun     20   0  415m 144m  31m S    8  7.3   0:43.94 firefox-bin        
     1376 varun     20   0  3664 1968  680 S    6  0.1  27:44.81 dbus-daemon        
     1426 varun     20   0 92096  26m 6632 S    5  1.4  17:01.21 compiz             
     5481 varun     20   0 31848  13m 6920 S    4  0.7  17:41.91 python             
    25506 varun     20   0 48216  13m  10m S    2  0.7   0:00.54 gnome-terminal     
      783 syslog    20   0 35456 1164  856 S    2  0.1   8:51.64 rsyslogd           
     1412 varun     20   0 46276  16m  11m S    2  0.8   8:24.27 gnome-panel        
     1414 varun     20   0  117m  33m  15m S    2  1.7   7:51.89 nautilus           
     1421 varun     27   7 54964  12m 2948 S    2  0.6   5:31.80 beagled            
     8964 varun     20   0  132m  24m  12m S    1  1.3  11:19.96 transmission       
      833 root      20   0 18748 3080 2528 S    1  0.2   4:24.46 gdm-binary         
     1397 varun     20   0 89292 8916 6820 S    1  0.4   6:30.97 gnome-settings-    
     1552 varun     20   0 18828 5088 4120 S    1  0.3   5:25.87 indicator-me-se
    Code:
    varun@varun:~$ ps aux
    USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
    root         1  0.0  0.0   2796  1540 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 /sbin/init
    root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kthreadd]
    root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:02 [migration/0]
    root         4  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    root         5  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [watchdog/0]
    root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:02 [migration/1]
    root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
    root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [watchdog/1]
    root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [events/0]
    root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [events/1]
    root        11  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [cpuset]
    root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [khelper]
    root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [netns]
    root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [async/mgr]
    root        15  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [pm]
    root        17  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [sync_supers]
    root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [bdi-default]
    root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
    root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kintegrityd/1]
    root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kblockd/0]
    root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kblockd/1]
    root        23  0.1  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:38 [kacpid]
    root        24  0.9  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   4:25 [kacpi_notify]
    root        25  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kacpi_hotplug]
    root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:03 [ata/0]
    root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:03 [ata/1]
    root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ata_aux]
    root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
    root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [khubd]
    root        31  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kseriod]
    root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kmmcd]
    root        35  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [khungtaskd]
    root        36  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:05 [kswapd0]
    root        37  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   11:14   0:00 [ksmd]
    root        38  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [aio/0]
    root        39  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [aio/1]
    root        40  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ecryptfs-kthr]
    root        41  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [crypto/0]
    root        42  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [crypto/1]
    root        45  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [pciehpd]
    root        54  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
    root        55  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:18 [scsi_eh_1]
    root        56  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kstriped]
    root        57  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kmpathd/0]
    root        58  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kmpathd/1]
    root        59  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kmpath_handle]
    root        60  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ksnapd]
    root        61  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:01 [kondemand/0]
    root        62  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:01 [kondemand/1]
    root        63  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kconservative]
    root        64  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kconservative]
    root       275  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [khpsbpkt]
    root       293  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [knodemgrd_0]
    root       306  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:03 [jbd2/sda2-8]
    root       307  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr]
    root       308  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr]
    root       339  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [flush-8:0]
    root       368  0.0  0.0   2312   780 ?        S    11:14   0:00 upstart-udev-br
    root       370  0.0  0.0   2616   604 ?        S<s  11:14   0:00 udevd --daemon
    root       626  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [kpsmoused]
    root       628  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [bluetooth]
    root       657  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [i915]
    root       681  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [pccardd]
    root       696  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:08 [iwlagn]
    root       697  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:03 [phy0]
    root       743  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [ktpacpid]
    root       759  0.0  0.0   2796   808 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 /sbin/mount.ntf
    root       772  0.2  0.0   3256  1400 ?        Ss   11:14   1:04 /sbin/mount.ntf
    syslog     783  1.8  0.0  35456  1164 ?        Sl   11:14   8:53 rsyslogd -c4
    102        796  0.0  0.0   3288  1576 ?        Ss   11:14   0:20 dbus-daemon --s
    root       801  0.0  0.1  18872  3796 ?        Ssl  11:14   0:00 NetworkManager
    root       803  0.0  0.1   4164  2076 ?        S    11:14   0:00 /usr/sbin/modem
    avahi      809  0.0  0.0   3056  1556 ?        S    11:14   0:00 avahi-daemon: r
    avahi      811  0.0  0.0   2924   480 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 avahi-daemon: c
    root       833  0.9  0.1  18748  3080 ?        Ssl  11:14   4:25 gdm-binary
    root       836  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:14   0:00 [hd-audio0]
    root       858  0.0  0.1  20764  2992 ?        Sl   11:14   0:00 /usr/sbin/conso
    root       942  0.0  0.0   1788   512 tty4     Ss+  11:14   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       947  0.0  0.0   1788   536 tty5     Ss+  11:14   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       955  0.0  0.0   1788   536 tty2     Ss+  11:14   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       956  0.0  0.0   1788   540 tty3     Ss+  11:14   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       962  0.0  0.0   1788   532 tty6     Ss+  11:14   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       969  0.1  0.0   2044   936 ?        Ss   11:14   0:46 acpid -c /etc/a
    daemon     973  0.0  0.0   2244   432 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 atd
    root       974  0.0  0.0   2372   884 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 cron
    root       975  0.0  0.0   2612   580 ?        S<   11:14   0:00 udevd --daemon
    root       982  0.0  0.1  20484  3168 ?        Sl   11:14   0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gd
    root      1010  0.0  0.0   2612   544 ?        S<   11:14   0:00 udevd --daemon
    clamav    1117  0.0  0.0  12100  1544 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 /usr/bin/freshc
    root      1128  0.0  0.1   4824  2040 ?        S    11:14   0:00 /sbin/wpa_suppl
    root      1179  0.0  0.0  11732  1116 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
    root      1182 18.6  1.6  64908 34236 tty7     Ss+  11:14  90:25 /usr/bin/X :0 -
    root      1183  0.0  0.0  11732   992 ?        S    11:14   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
    root      1188  0.0  0.0   4048  1328 ?        S<s  11:14   0:00 /usr/sbin/bluet
    root      1218  0.0  0.0   6692  1856 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
    root      1242  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   11:14   0:00 [krfcommd]
    root      1327  0.0  0.0   1788   540 tty1     Ss+  11:14   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1329  0.0  0.1  18964  2916 ?        Sl   11:14   0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gd
    varun     1338  0.0  0.5  38408 10168 ?        Ssl  11:14   0:00 gnome-session
    varun     1372  0.0  0.0   3280   320 ?        Ss   11:14   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-ag
    varun     1375  0.0  0.0   3380   756 ?        S    11:14   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l
    varun     1376  5.7  0.0   3664  1968 ?        Ss   11:14  27:49 /bin/dbus-daemo
    varun     1389  0.0  0.2   7692  4132 ?        S    11:15   0:01 /usr/lib/libgco
    varun     1394  0.0  0.1  23952  2696 ?        SLl  11:15   0:00 gnome-keyring-d
    varun     1397  1.3  0.4  89292  8916 ?        Ss   11:15   6:31 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1403  0.0  0.1   6480  2332 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1408  0.0  0.1  30276  2604 ?        Ssl  11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//
    varun     1412  1.7  0.8  46276 17088 ?        S    11:15   8:25 gnome-panel
    varun     1414  1.6  1.6 120036 34044 ?        S    11:15   7:52 nautilus
    varun     1416  0.0  0.6  35824 13484 ?        S    11:15   0:02 gnome-power-man
    varun     1419  0.0  0.7  57532 14628 ?        SL   11:15   0:21 nm-applet --sm-
    varun     1421  1.1  0.6  54964 12384 ?        SNl  11:15   5:32 beagled /usr/li
    varun     1423  0.0  0.4  36076  9568 ?        S    11:15   0:00 bluetooth-apple
    varun     1424  0.0  0.2  18364  5868 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/policy
    varun     1426  3.5  1.3  91960 27344 ?        S    11:15  17:04 /usr/bin/compiz
    varun     1431  0.0  0.0   3816  1072 ?        S    11:15   0:07 syndaemon -i 0.
    root      1436  0.0  0.1   5564  2820 ?        S    11:15   0:01 /usr/lib/upower
    varun     1445  0.0  0.1  41516  3432 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    root      1450  0.0  0.1   6472  3928 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/policy
    root      1453  0.0  0.1  15688  2976 ?        Sl   11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/udisks
    root      1455  0.0  0.0   5176   868 ?        S    11:15   0:04 udisks-daemon: 
    varun     1459  0.0  0.1   6796  2884 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1485  0.0  0.1  41924  3544 ?        Ssl  11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/bonobo
    varun     1499  0.0  0.1  16920  2264 ?        Sl   11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1505  0.0  0.1   7124  2276 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1517  0.0  0.6  43184 13952 ?        S    11:15   0:10 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1522  0.0  0.5  40132 10540 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1531  0.0  0.6  43592 14080 ?        S    11:15   0:24 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1536  0.0  0.6  51024 12956 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/indica
    varun     1537 18.9 11.2 273504 228036 ?       Sl   11:15  91:41 /usr/lib/indica
    varun     1538  0.0  0.4  23060  8788 ?        S    11:15   0:08 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1539  0.0  0.5  24644 11084 ?        S    11:15   0:05 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1540  0.0  0.7  49160 14440 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1543  0.0  0.0   1828   508 ?        Ss   11:15   0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr
    varun     1544  0.0  0.5  21376 10592 ?        S    11:15   0:03 /usr/bin/gtk-wi
    varun     1549  0.0  0.0   6188  1920 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1552  1.1  0.2  18828  5088 ?        S    11:15   5:26 /usr/lib/indica
    varun     1553 12.5  0.2  85152  4532 ?        S    11:15  60:43 /usr/lib/indica
    varun     1557  0.0  0.2  17948  4724 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/indica
    varun     1562  0.0  0.2  24296  4224 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/indica
    varun     1563  0.0  0.2  17480  4348 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/indica
    varun     1577  0.0  0.1   6376  2288 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    108       1683  0.2  0.1  16792  2400 ?        Ssl  11:15   1:16 /usr/sbin/hald
    root      1685  0.0  0.0   3528  1288 ?        S    11:15   0:00 hald-runner
    root      1745  0.0  0.0   3604  1236 ?        S    11:15   0:00 hald-addon-inpu
    root      1748  0.0  0.0   3604  1196 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    root      1750  0.0  0.0   3604  1200 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    root      1759  0.0  0.0   3600  1172 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    root      1772  0.0  0.0   3608  1208 ?        S    11:15   0:10 hald-addon-stor
    root      1773  0.0  0.0   3616  1192 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    108       1775  0.1  0.0   3416  1184 ?        S    11:15   0:50 hald-addon-acpi
    varun     1897  0.0  0.2  17912  5632 ?        Ss   11:15   0:01 gnome-screensav
    varun     2616  0.0  0.3  18868  7036 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     3940  0.0  0.0   1828   560 ?        S    19:15   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/li
    varun     3949  0.0  0.0   1828   572 ?        S    19:15   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/li
    varun     3956 18.1  7.2 416932 146848 ?       Sl   19:15   0:57 /usr/lib/firefo
    varun     5147  0.0  0.0   2712  1064 pts/0    R+   19:20   0:00 ps aux
    varun     5340  0.0  0.1  19032  3752 ?        S    12:30   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     5467  0.0  0.9  95764 18816 ?        SLl  11:15   0:10 /usr/bin/python
    varun     5474  0.0  0.4  34588  9056 ?        Sl   11:15   0:00 /usr/lib/evolut
    varun     5481  3.6  0.6  31848 13924 ?        S    11:15  17:44 python /usr/sha
    varun     5705  0.1  0.5  16508 11004 ?        S    11:15   0:41 /usr/bin/python
    varun     6192  0.0  0.0   1828   584 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /bin/sh -e /usr
    varun     6228  0.0  0.0   1828   360 ?        S    11:15   0:00 /bin/sh -e /usr
    varun     6229  0.4  0.6  68752 12272 ?        Sl   11:15   2:03 /usr/lib/erlang
    varun     6283  0.0  0.0   1616   448 ?        Ss   11:15   0:00 heart -pid 6229
    varun     6433  0.1  0.5  16996 10460 ?        SN   11:15   0:41 /usr/bin/python
    varun     6737  0.0  0.1  20392  3008 ?        Ssl  11:16   0:00 /usr/lib/couchd
    varun     7923  0.0  0.9  78368 18568 ?        S    11:51   0:00 /usr/bin/knotif
    varun     8320  0.0  0.6  39020 12420 ?        S    11:16   0:03 /usr/lib/notify
    varun     8964  2.3  1.2 136116 25560 ?        Sl   11:16  11:21 transmission
    varun     9564  0.0  0.5  38432 11776 ?        S    11:16   0:00 update-notifier
    root     10145  0.0  0.3  13672  7076 ?        S    11:16   0:00 /usr/bin/python
    root     13774  0.0  0.0   2228  1024 ?        S    17:50   0:00 /sbin/dhclient
    varun    14361  0.0  0.1   9232  3540 ?        S    17:50   0:00 /usr/lib/telepa
    varun    14363  0.0  0.3  20984  7632 ?        S    17:50   0:01 /usr/lib/telepa
    varun    25506  0.6  0.6  48344 13676 ?        Sl   19:18   0:00 gnome-terminal
    varun    25573  0.0  0.0   1984   716 ?        S    19:18   0:00 gnome-pty-helpe
    varun    25575  0.2  0.1   6056  3428 pts/0    Ss   19:18   0:00 bash
    varun    27184  0.0  0.9  79920 18988 ?        S    15:20   0:00 akonaditray
    varun    31236  0.1  1.8 155480 37116 ?        Sl   14:39   0:20 empathy
    varun    31304  0.0  0.1   6960  3764 ?        SL   14:39   0:01 /usr/lib/telepa
    varun    31360  0.0  0.7  21160 16104 ?        S    14:39   0:03 /usr/bin/python

    hope this helps.

  4. #4
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    Re: very high processor usage

    hi
    open a terminal and run "top" to identify which process(es) are consuming your cpu.
    interesting too is - in wich state of the cpu is the consumption
    Cpu(s): 2.8%us, 1.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 96.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.2%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st

    ciao
    "What is the robbing of a bank compared to the FOUNDING of a bank?" Berthold Brecht

  5. #5
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    Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

    Re: very high processor usage

    hi
    sorry but i think you have some hardware problems - why do i think that.
    your syslogd uses to much cpu time ( not the current time in top i mean your system is up for only 8 hours )
    syslog 783 1.8 0.0 35456 1164 ? Sl 11:14 8:53 rsyslogd -c4

    have a look in your /var/log ( messages, daemon, syslog etc. )
    even your processes:
    varun 1537 18.9 11.2 273504 228036 ? Sl 11:15 91:41 /usr/lib/indica*
    have a very strange cpu time.
    hope this will help you to locate your problem.
    ciao
    p.s. close some tabs of firefox will help a little about the swaping of your system.
    Last edited by rnerwein; May 2nd, 2010 at 03:26 PM. Reason: forgot the memory usage
    "What is the robbing of a bank compared to the FOUNDING of a bank?" Berthold Brecht

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
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    Re: very high processor usage

    can all of this by any chance have to do with 10.04 because it certainly wasn't half that much 2 days ago with 9.10

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Beans
    63

    Re: very high processor usage

    i think i know what was wrong. When i rebooted i got an .ICEauthority error. I fixed that i know my cpu usage has gone down drastically.

    Code:
    varun@varun:~$ top
    
    top - 02:25:34 up 2 min,  2 users,  load average: 1.25, 0.53, 0.19
    Tasks: 188 total,   2 running, 186 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
    Cpu(s): 10.6%us,  9.3%sy,  0.8%ni, 65.9%id, 13.1%wa,  0.2%hi,  0.1%si,  0.0%st
    Mem:   2019952k total,   664392k used,  1355560k free,    49108k buffers
    Swap:  2048276k total,        0k used,  2048276k free,   309476k cached
    
      PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND            
     1704 varun     20   0  316m  87m  26m S    6  4.4   0:12.17 firefox-bin        
     2006 varun     20   0  2540 1124  812 R    4  0.1   0:00.03 top                
        1 root      20   0  2796 1672 1224 S    0  0.1   0:00.44 init               
        2 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kthreadd           
        3 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/0        
        4 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0        
        5 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/0         
        6 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/1        
        7 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1        
        8 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/1         
        9 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 events/0           
       10 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.02 events/1           
       11 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 cpuset             
       12 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khelper            
       13 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 netns              
       14 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 async/mgr          
       15 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 pm
    Code:
    varun@varun:~$ ps aux
    USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
    root         1  0.2  0.0   2796  1672 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /sbin/init
    root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kthreadd]
    root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [migration/0]
    root         4  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    root         5  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [watchdog/0]
    root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [migration/1]
    root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
    root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [watchdog/1]
    root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [events/0]
    root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [events/1]
    root        11  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [cpuset]
    root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [khelper]
    root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [netns]
    root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [async/mgr]
    root        15  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [pm]
    root        17  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [sync_supers]
    root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [bdi-default]
    root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
    root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kintegrityd/1]
    root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kblockd/0]
    root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kblockd/1]
    root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kacpid]
    root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kacpi_notify]
    root        25  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kacpi_hotplug]
    root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ata/0]
    root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ata/1]
    root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ata_aux]
    root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
    root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [khubd]
    root        31  0.2  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kseriod]
    root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kmmcd]
    root        35  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [khungtaskd]
    root        36  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kswapd0]
    root        37  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   02:23   0:00 [ksmd]
    root        38  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [aio/0]
    root        39  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [aio/1]
    root        40  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ecryptfs-kthr]
    root        41  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [crypto/0]
    root        42  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [crypto/1]
    root        45  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [pciehpd]
    root        54  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
    root        55  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
    root        56  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kstriped]
    root        57  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kmpathd/0]
    root        58  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kmpathd/1]
    root        59  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kmpath_handle]
    root        60  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ksnapd]
    root        61  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kondemand/0]
    root        62  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kondemand/1]
    root        63  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kconservative]
    root        64  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kconservative]
    root       290  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [khpsbpkt]
    root       291  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [knodemgrd_0]
    root       300  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [jbd2/sda2-8]
    root       301  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr]
    root       302  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr]
    root       323  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:0]
    root       324  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:1]
    root       325  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:2]
    root       326  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:3]
    root       327  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:4]
    root       328  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:5]
    root       329  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:6]
    root       330  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:7]
    root       331  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:8]
    root       332  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:9]
    root       333  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:10]
    root       334  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:11]
    root       335  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:12]
    root       336  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:13]
    root       337  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:14]
    root       338  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-1:15]
    root       339  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [flush-8:0]
    root       365  0.0  0.0   2312   884 ?        S    02:23   0:00 upstart-udev-br
    root       368  0.0  0.0   2632  1056 ?        S<s  02:23   0:00 udevd --daemon
    root       610  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [kpsmoused]
    root       650  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [bluetooth]
    root       654  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [pccardd]
    root       672  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [i915]
    root       701  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [ktpacpid]
    root       714  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [iwlagn]
    root       719  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [phy0]
    root       780  0.0  0.0   2796  1180 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /sbin/mount.ntf
    root       790  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:23   0:00 [hd-audio0]
    root       792  0.0  0.0   2796  1140 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /sbin/mount.ntf
    syslog     804  0.0  0.0  34676  1700 ?        Sl   02:23   0:00 rsyslogd -c4
    102        814  0.1  0.0   3308  1632 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 dbus-daemon --s
    root       829  0.0  0.1  18748  3260 ?        Ssl  02:23   0:00 gdm-binary
    root       833  0.0  0.2  18872  4064 ?        Ssl  02:23   0:00 NetworkManager
    avahi      847  0.0  0.0   3060  1604 ?        S    02:23   0:00 avahi-daemon: r
    root       848  0.0  0.1   4164  2336 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/modem
    avahi      851  0.0  0.0   2924   544 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 avahi-daemon: c
    root       863  0.0  0.1  19672  3252 ?        Sl   02:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/conso
    root       946  0.0  0.0   2628  1028 ?        S<   02:23   0:00 udevd --daemon
    root       948  0.0  0.1  20484  3600 ?        Sl   02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gd
    root       957  0.0  0.0   2628   948 ?        S<   02:23   0:00 udevd --daemon
    root       987  0.0  0.0   1788   560 tty4     Ss+  02:23   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       993  0.0  0.0   1788   568 tty5     Ss+  02:23   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1005  0.0  0.0   1788   568 tty2     Ss+  02:23   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1007  0.0  0.0   1788   568 tty3     Ss+  02:23   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1013  0.0  0.0   1788   564 tty6     Ss+  02:23   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1017  0.0  0.0   2044   872 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 acpid -c /etc/a
    root      1046  0.0  0.0   2372   904 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 cron
    daemon    1047  0.0  0.0   2244   432 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 atd
    root      1126  0.0  0.1   4824  2368 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /sbin/wpa_suppl
    root      1127  6.2  1.2  51200 25016 tty7     Ss+  02:23   0:09 /usr/bin/X :0 -
    clamav    1135  0.0  0.0  12064  1404 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /usr/bin/freshc
    root      1184  0.0  0.0  11732  1424 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
    root      1187  0.0  0.0  11732  1196 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
    root      1193  0.0  0.0   4048  1872 ?        S<s  02:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/bluet
    root      1221  0.0  0.1   6692  2516 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
    root      1224  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   02:23   0:00 [krfcommd]
    root      1316  0.0  0.1  18964  3104 ?        Sl   02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gd
    root      1333  0.0  0.0   1788   568 tty1     Ss+  02:23   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    varun     1340  0.0  0.3  25900  6664 ?        Ssl  02:23   0:00 gnome-session
    varun     1374  0.0  0.0   3280   356 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-ag
    varun     1377  0.0  0.0   3380   772 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l
    varun     1378  0.0  0.0   3188  1324 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /bin/dbus-daemo
    varun     1381  0.2  0.2   7544  4268 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/libgco
    varun     1386  0.0  0.1  23952  2648 ?        SLl  02:23   0:00 gnome-keyring-d
    varun     1388  0.1  0.4  89344  9520 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1392  0.0  0.1   6348  2236 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1397  0.0  0.1  30276  2636 ?        Ssl  02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//
    varun     1400  0.4  0.7  43480 14916 ?        S    02:23   0:00 gnome-panel
    varun     1403  0.3  0.9  89732 18820 ?        S    02:23   0:00 nautilus
    varun     1404  0.0  0.3  20008  7748 ?        S    02:23   0:00 gnome-power-man
    varun     1408  0.3  0.5  54468 11996 ?        SL   02:23   0:00 nm-applet --sm-
    varun     1409  0.7  0.9  55236 18960 ?        SNl  02:23   0:01 beagled /usr/li
    varun     1412  0.1  0.2  94356  4676 ?        S<sl 02:23   0:00 /usr/bin/pulsea
    varun     1413  0.0  0.4  36072  9692 ?        S    02:23   0:00 bluetooth-apple
    varun     1416  0.0  0.2  18364  6040 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/policy
    rtkit     1417  0.0  0.0  22904  1220 ?        SNl  02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/
    varun     1418  1.7  1.3  81808 26988 ?        R    02:23   0:02 /usr/bin/compiz
    varun     1419  0.6  1.3  73788 27136 ?        Sl   02:23   0:01 beagle-search /
    root      1428  0.0  0.1   5564  2924 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/upower
    root      1430  0.1  0.1   6444  4012 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/policy
    varun     1446  0.0  0.1   6796  2980 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1455  0.0  0.1  41884  3472 ?        Ssl  02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/bonobo
    varun     1502  0.0  0.5  40160 10920 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1503  0.0  0.1  40492  3480 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1504  0.1  0.6  41696 12920 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    root      1507  0.0  0.1  15648  3056 ?        Sl   02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/udisks
    root      1508  0.0  0.0   5176   880 ?        S    02:23   0:00 udisks-daemon: 
    varun     1509  0.0  0.1  10748  2996 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/pulsea
    varun     1516  0.0  0.0   1828   508 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr
    varun     1517  0.1  0.4  20480  9864 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/bin/gtk-wi
    varun     1521  0.0  0.0   3816  1076 ?        S    02:23   0:00 syndaemon -i 0.
    varun     1523  0.0  0.1  16920  2320 ?        Sl   02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1526  0.0  0.1   7124  2368 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1536  0.1  0.5  24700 10736 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1537  0.1  0.5  24520 10624 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1538  0.0  0.6  32344 13712 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1540  0.0  0.4  23056  8832 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1561  0.0  0.0   6152  1936 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    varun     1562  0.0  0.1   6376  2376 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    108       1570  0.1  0.2  16792  4320 ?        Ssl  02:23   0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
    root      1571  0.0  0.0   3528  1300 ?        S    02:23   0:00 hald-runner
    root      1601  0.0  0.0   3604  1252 ?        S    02:23   0:00 hald-addon-inpu
    root      1603  0.0  0.0   3604  1240 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    root      1604  0.0  0.0   3604  1248 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    root      1612  0.0  0.0   3600  1208 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    root      1614  0.0  0.0   3616  1236 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha
    108       1615  0.0  0.0   3416  1168 ?        S    02:23   0:00 hald-addon-acpi
    root      1620  0.0  0.0   3608  1244 ?        S    02:23   0:00 hald-addon-stor
    varun     1625  0.0  0.1  17772  2664 ?        Ss   02:23   0:00 gnome-screensav
    root      1635  0.0  0.0   2228  1016 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /sbin/dhclient
    varun     1647  0.1  0.5  37964 11572 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/notify
    varun     1691  0.0  0.3  18868  7140 ?        S    02:23   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    varun     1695  0.0  0.0   1828   560 ?        S    02:24   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/li
    varun     1700  0.0  0.0   1828   572 ?        S    02:24   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/li
    varun     1704 12.3  4.3 324344 87952 ?        Sl   02:24   0:15 /usr/lib/firefo
    varun     1764  0.6  1.0  95460 20664 ?        SLl  02:24   0:00 /usr/bin/python
    varun     1766  0.4  0.5  16508 11612 ?        S    02:24   0:00 /usr/bin/python
    varun     1767  0.0  0.5  34584 10952 ?        Sl   02:24   0:00 /usr/lib/evolut
    varun     1768  0.1  0.7  31448 15144 ?        S    02:24   0:00 python /usr/sha
    varun     1841  0.0  0.0   1828   588 ?        S    02:24   0:00 /bin/sh -e /usr
    varun     1869  0.0  0.0   1828   364 ?        S    02:24   0:00 /bin/sh -e /usr
    varun     1870  0.6  0.5  68748 11172 ?        Sl   02:24   0:00 /usr/lib/erlang
    varun     1880  0.0  0.0   1616   448 ?        Ss   02:24   0:00 heart -pid 1870
    varun     1883  0.2  0.5  16996 10492 ?        SN   02:24   0:00 /usr/bin/python
    varun     1920  0.0  0.1  19368  3516 ?        Ssl  02:24   0:00 /usr/lib/couchd
    varun     1952  0.1  0.5  38304 11856 ?        S    02:24   0:00 update-notifier
    root      1956  0.1  0.3  13672  8044 ?        S    02:24   0:00 /usr/bin/python
    root      1975  0.3  0.5  16408 11112 ?        S    02:24   0:00 /usr/bin/python
    varun     1988  1.5  0.6  48220 13532 ?        Rl   02:25   0:00 gnome-terminal
    varun     1989  0.0  0.0   1984   712 ?        S    02:25   0:00 gnome-pty-helpe
    varun     1990  0.8  0.1   6056  3428 pts/0    Ss   02:25   0:00 bash
    varun     2009  0.0  0.0   2712  1064 pts/0    R+   02:26   0:00 ps aux

    thanks...

  8. #8
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    Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

    Re: very high processor usage

    Hi alphageek89,

    i think i know what was wrong. When i rebooted i got an .ICEauthority error. I fixed that i know my cpu usage has gone down drastically
    .

    I also have this same problem. How did you manage to fix your .ICEauthority error?

    I've tried the solutions posted here and here, but none of them seem to work for me.

    Thanks.

    EDIT:
    I managed to have it working so, never mind.
    Last edited by yarox; May 7th, 2010 at 01:44 PM. Reason: I managed to have it working.

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