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[Bug 1244566] [NEW] Unity very slow on Intel 945 + Core2 T5500 @1.66GHz

 

Public bug reported:

Compiz eats up all the CPUs causing very poor system performance:

top - 09:40:59 up 35 min,  4 users,  load average: 2,75, 2,43, 2,13
Tasks: 222 total,   4 running, 218 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 69,3 us,  8,3 sy, 21,0 ni,  1,4 id,  0,1 wa,  0,0 hi,  0,1 si,  0,0 st
KiB Mem:   3331296 total,  3067712 used,   263584 free,   196420 buffers
KiB Swap:  4200992 total,        8 used,  4200984 free,   850384 cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S  %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND          
 2570 mattia    20   0 1815m 322m  41m S 129,2  9,9  44:43.98 compiz           
 1078 root      20   0  451m  78m  53m S  16,7  2,4   5:36.68 Xorg             
 2579 mattia    20   0  871m 140m  48m S   0,9  4,3   1:26.84 chrome           
 3332 mattia    20   0  960m  83m  23m S   0,9  2,6   0:24.53 chrome           
 5263 mattia    30  10  258m  19m 9,9m R   0,9  0,6   0:00.26 update-manager   
 3205 mattia    20   0 1091m 169m  24m S   0,8  5,2   0:43.69 chrome           
 2900 mattia    20   0  572m  20m  13m S   0,7  0,6   0:04.19 gnome-terminal   
 3371 mattia    20   0  951m  61m  21m S   0,4  1,9   0:06.23 chrome           
 3211 mattia    20   0  945m  65m  21m S   0,3  2,0   0:03.78 chrome           
 3225 mattia    20   0  983m  85m  20m S   0,3  2,6   0:08.58 chrome           
 2847 mattia    20   0  661m  17m  12m S   0,3  0,5   0:06.56 psensor          
 1933 root      20   0     0    0    0 S   0,2  0,0   0:03.68 kworker/0:2      
 2680 mattia    20   0  991m 116m  17m S   0,2  3,6   0:33.46 chrome           
   33 root      20   0     0    0    0 R   0,2  0,0   0:03.66 kworker/1:1      
 1113 mysql     20   0  545m  43m 6804 S   0,1  1,3   0:02.50 mysqld           
 3100 mattia    20   0  475m  13m  10m S   0,1  0,4   0:00.19 update-notifier  


Why is it running on the software renderer, is it the correct behavior?

mattia@jiraiya:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string:   VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.3, 128 bits)
OpenGL version string:  2.1 Mesa 9.2.1

Not software rendered:    no
Not blacklisted:          yes
GLX fbconfig:             yes
GLX texture from pixmap:  yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program:        yes
GL fragment program:      yes
GL vertex buffer object:  yes
GL framebuffer object:    yes
GL version is 1.4+:       yes

Unity 3D supported:       no

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
 
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:
 
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,grid,place,resize,snap,mousepoll,vpswitch,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,regex,move,animation,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,workarounds,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Fri Oct 25 09:31:46 2013
DistUpgraded: 2013-10-18 12:31:12,207 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.11.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.8.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01d8]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01d8]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-13 (742 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
MachineType: Dell Inc. MXC061
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=19052d33-fd14-4d39-bde4-a2cd90df3fa0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-18 (6 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0MG532
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd04/02/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMXC061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0MG532:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MXC061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Fri Oct 25 09:05:47 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: Wacom Bamboo stylus: Invalid type 'touch' for this device.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id                               41086 
 vendor                                     DEL
xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy ubuntu

** Package changed: compiz (Ubuntu) => unity (Ubuntu)

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