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[Bug 803943] Re: compiz consuming a lot of cpu

 

>> I think we could close this bug as fixed and open new bugs for any
other performance problems that may still exist.

> You are wrong, game performance is in the toilet with Unity.
> Run any game on Unity 3D that lets you check FPS then log out
> and log into Xfce and run the same game. You will see at least
> 35% increase in performance.

You're misreading my comment: I never said that compiz and unity are
free of performance bugs. I'm saying that the problem described by the
original reported is no longer reproducible.

There might already be other launchpad bugs for the constant (non-
degrading with time) performance hit that you've observed. If not,
please go ahead and file a new one.

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Title:
  compiz consuming a lot of cpu

Status in Compiz:
  Confirmed
Status in Compiz Core:
  Confirmed
Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This problem is exclusive to unity (when running compiz with gnome-
  panel, this doesn't happen).

  1. Close all windows opened, if any
  2. Open a terminal and run 'top'
  3. Notice that compiz is consuming a lot of CPU time (although there is nothing special running). In my case, it's consuming about 13% when idle.
  4. Unmaximize the terminal window, if maximized, and start moving the window slowly
  5. Notice that compiz is now consuming much more CPU than before (in my case, arround 50%).
  6. Open a video.
  7. Notice that compiz consume much more CPU than idle (about 25% in my case), although I'm not doing anything related to window management.
  8. (optional) Install the gnome-panel package and choose "GNOME classic" in login screen. Start compiz with "compiz --replace" and follow the steps from 1 to 7. Notice that the CPU consuming is much lower (in my case, 1% when idle, 25% when moving the window and 9% with the video).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: unity 4.0.1-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/bin/unity-preferences usr/share/applications/unity-preferences.desktop]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4
  Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,imgpng,resize,snap,grid,regex,move,gnomecompat,mousepoll,animation,unitydialog,wall,workarounds,place,expo,ezoom,session,staticswitcher,fade,scale]
  Date: Thu Jun 30 11:54:20 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110610)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=pt_BR:en
   LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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