dist-upgrades should not be recommended for hardware with known regressions/issues
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Since the advised upgrade Xorg has 15% CPU usage on idle, and is often much greater than that.
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Update manager told me to upgrade to 9.04 from 8.10 (I think).
I'm using a Dell Inspiron 1525 and "sudo lspci|grep VGA" outputs:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
I have transparency effects turned on and I use XFCE.
I suspect xserver-
I had to manually find the release notes, where I find this topic:
http://
I can confirm the fix: Option "MigrationHeuri
On idle Xorg currently displays ~2% CPU.
The update manager should CHECK to see if the model is properly supported before updating too early OR apply Option "MigrationHeuri
To check for this in the upgrade, the upgrade script should look for "GM965/GL960" in "sudo lspci|grep VGA" and if it finds it, apply the greedy patch to Xorg.conf as specified in release notes.
Please don't ship with performance regressions on currently selling major brand hardware!
| summary: |
- Xorg 15% CPU usage on idle with GM965/GL960 after I'm annoyed that my - update manager performed upgrade to Jaunty Jackalope + Xorg 15% CPU usage on idle with GM965/GL960 after update manager + requested upgrade to Jaunty Jackalope |
| Michael Rooney (mrooney) wrote Re: Xorg 15% CPU usage on idle with GM965/GL960 after update manager requested upgrade to Jaunty Jackalope | #1 |
| affects: | ubuntu → update-manager (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- Xorg 15% CPU usage on idle with GM965/GL960 after update manager - requested upgrade to Jaunty Jackalope + dist-upgrades should not be recommended for hardware with known + regressions/issues |
| voltlick (luke-stanley) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | removed: 9.04 bad-upgrade high-cpu intel upgrade xorg |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Medium → Wishlist |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| voltlick (luke-stanley) wrote | #3 |
Thanks for your report voltlick! The main issue seems to be that upgrades shouldn't be recommended for hardware with known issues/regressions in the to-be-upgraded-to version, so since update-manager handles that I'll mark this as affecting that package.