[10.04 Lucid Lynx] Xorg + Flash = insane CPU usage

[Kurkha]

IF you are using a Radeon GPU on Lucid, try disabling Kernel Mode Setting (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting ). According to bug reports, there are 2D&3D performance problems on (some) Radeon cards with KMS enabled. Personally, disabling KMS solved the problems with Youtube on my P4 2.4 Ghz with Radeon 9600.

Do the following:

Create a module configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf

Copy the following line to the file:

options radeon modeset=0

Save the file and restart the computer.

The bug reports referenced:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ox/+bug/562293 (See comment #2 and forwards)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583653 (Lucid has backported KMS-related Xorg stuff from kernel 2.6.33, but anyway...)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557420 (not the same kernel version as in Ubuntu Lucid, but anyway...)

[jedi-penguin]

I think this problem maybe relate to the graphic card driver. When I watch a flash video, the CPU usage goes up, but if I hide the browser behind another application windows (e.g. evolution), the CPU usage goes down to almost nothing.

[krack3rz]

dude, i had the same problem, its fixed now.

heres how i did it: reinstalled ubuntu 10.04

you should try this first
1. completely remove flash (apt-get purge? i think and autoremove, autoclean)
2. configurations too
3. reinstall flash

if this fails

reinstall ubuntu 10.04 or now the new 10.10

i think there is/was a leak or somethin that they call it. I dont know the logic behind it, it was a miracle xD

what happens wen you kill/end the process (flash) in system monitor? Because for me it restarted and worked fine for a while.

by any chance, when you first installed ubuntu was it an earlier version and then upgrade? i.e. 8.04 --> 10.04 (cuz maybe u didnt want to burn another disk -> like me :/ )

tell us how it goes if you still have this problem

[WhErEeVeR]

IF you are using a Radeon GPU on Lucid, try disabling Kernel Mode Setting (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting ). According to bug reports, there are 2D&3D performance problems on (some) Radeon cards with KMS enabled. Personally, disabling KMS solved the problems with Youtube on my P4 2.4 Ghz with Radeon 9600.

Do the following:

Create a module configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf

Copy the following line to the file:

options radeon modeset=0

Save the file and restart the computer.

The bug reports referenced:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ox/+bug/562293 (See comment #2 and forwards)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583653 (Lucid has backported KMS-related Xorg stuff from kernel 2.6.33, but anyway...)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557420 (not the same kernel version as in Ubuntu Lucid, but anyway...)

Wow! That made the world of difference! Thank you Kurkha. I am on a Pentium III 500 w/768 megs or ram and an old ATI card running 10.04. I was thinking it was just because of my old hardware... This is GREAT!! Haha!

[WhErEeVeR]

Wow! That made the world of difference! Thank you Kurkha. I am on a Pentium III 500 w/768 megs or ram and an old ATI card running 10.04. I was thinking it was just because of my old hardware... This is GREAT!! Haha!

Well, flash performance has not improved much but system performance has dramatically improved! Flash is a whole other issue I guess. At least now I can move my mouse smoothly across the screen.

[lxme]

IF you are using a Radeon GPU on Lucid, try disabling Kernel Mode Setting (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting ). According to bug reports, there are 2D&3D performance problems on (some) Radeon cards with KMS enabled. Personally, disabling KMS solved the problems with Youtube on my P4 2.4 Ghz with Radeon 9600.

Do the following:

Create a module configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf

Copy the following line to the file:

options radeon modeset=0

Save the file and restart the computer.

The bug reports referenced:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ox/+bug/562293 (See comment #2 and forwards)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583653 (Lucid has backported KMS-related Xorg stuff from kernel 2.6.33, but anyway...)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557420 (not the same kernel version as in Ubuntu Lucid, but anyway...)

Thank you, this helped me a lot.
Xorg CPU usage was going crazy while browsing some website on my PIV HT 3GHz. This workaround did put everything back to normal.

Strange how some old bugs keep resurfacing updates after updates.