IBM Thinkpad T40 - Video ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]

rolando@defiant:~$ iostat
Linux 2.6.28-11-generic (defiant) 02/04/09 _i686_ (1 CPU)

avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
          33,23 1,08 8,02 2,45 0,00 55,52

Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn
sda 9,98 251,25 166,82 950598 631168
sda1 0,30 18,42 0,03 69682 120
sda2 6,26 202,46 133,00 766006 503208
sda3 0,01 0,47 0,24 1768 904
sda4 3,40 29,82 33,55 112822 126936
sr0 0,01 0,29 0,00 1080 0
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rolando@defiant:~$ vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
 6 0 920 87976 72024 364140 0 0 124 83 435 971 34 8 55 2
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rolando@defiant:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty
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rolando@defiant:~$ uname -a
Linux defiant 2.6.28-11-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 2 03:00:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
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> Please let me know how can I help to fix it.

Hi Rolando,

Thanks for your willingness to help improve things. Thanks for attaching lspci info, however with X bugs what is really needed is the Xorg.0.log. Also, I tend to prefer 'lspci -vvnn' data since it includes all of the info in a nicely ordered format; however we can piece together all of the pci info from what you've posted, so that's good to go.

More importantly, I notice you mention high CPU usage by the Xorg process. Ironically, high X cpu usage usually indicates a bug in something *other* than X. The X process is just a server so is responding to actions from some other client program. If it misbehaves and has a poor algorithm that drives X too hard, it shows up as a high X cpu load but it is really the client program, not X, that is to blame.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/HighCPU for more details about this. Meantime, I am unassigning xorg as the bugged package. You can follow the guidance in that document to determine which program is causing the load.

Hi!, thanks for answer, well i found it

I saw that the CPU still very hig, then check with top and found it:

--
top - 22:08:28 up 1:19, 2 users, load average: 2.58, 1.75, 1.31
Tasks: 138 total, 1 running, 137 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 44.9%us, 12.6%sy, 41.5%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.3%hi, 0.7%si,
0.0%st
Mem: 1026036k total, 984660k used, 41376k free, 34612k buffers
Swap: 3020212k total, 1604k used, 3018608k free, 429696k cached

  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+
COMMAND
14593 rolando 39 19 75612 16m 7696 S 47.9 1.6 0:01.62
gnome-video-thu
 3485 root 20 0 146m 41m 9.8m S 28.1 4.2 7:19.20
Xorg
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Please, see how the Process 14593 take 47% of the CPU, and make that Xorg
goes to 29%

I did check the 14593 with a pstree I found it:
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rolando@defiant:~$ pstree
init─┬─NetworkManager─┬─dhclient
     │ └─{NetworkManager}
     ├─acpid
     ├─atd
     ├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
     ├─bluetoothd
     ├─bonobo-activati───{bonobo-activati}
     ├─clamd───{clamd}
     ├─compiz───compiz.real───sh───compiz-decorato───gtk-window-deco
     ├─console-kit-dae───63*[{console-kit-dae}]
     ├─cron
     ├─cupsd
     ├─2*[dbus-daemon]
     ├─dbus-launch
     ├─dd
     ├─exim4
     ├─fast-user-switc
     ├─firefox───9*[{firefox}]
     ├─freshclam
     ├─gconfd-2
     ├─gdm───gdm─┬─Xorg
     │ └─x-session-manag─┬─bluetooth-apple
     │ ├─gnome-do───gnome-do───3*[{gnome-do}]
     │ ├─gnome-panel
     │
├─nautilus─┬─gnome-video-thu───2*[{gnome-vid+
     │ │ └─2*[{nautilus}]
     │ ├─nm-applet
     │ ├─4*[python]
     │ ├─seahorse-agent
     │ ├─ssh-agent
     │ ├─tracker-applet
     │ ├─trackerd
     │ ├─update-notifier
     │ ├─vino-server
     │ └─{x-session-manag}
     ├─6*[getty]
     ├─gnome-keyring-d
     ├─gnome-netstatus
     ├─gnome-power-man
     ├─gnome-screensav
     ├─gnome-settings-───{gnome-settings-}
     ├─gnome-terminal─┬─bash───pstree
     │ ├─gnome-pty-helpe
     │ └─{gnome-terminal}
     ├─gvfs-fuse-daemo───4*[{gvfs-fuse-daemo}]
     ├─gvfs-gphoto2-vo
     ├─gvfs-hal-volume───{gvfs-hal-volume}
     ├─gvfsd
     ├─gvfsd-burn
     ├─gvfsd-trash
     ├─hald───hald-runner─┬─hald-addon-acpi
     │ ├─hald-addon-cpuf
     │ ├─hald-addon-gene
     │ ├─hald-addon-inpu
     │ ├─hald-addon-ipw-
     │ ├─hald-addon-leds
     │ └─hald-addon-stor
     ├─klogd
     ├─mdadm
     ├─mixer_applet2───{mixer_applet2}
     ├─nm-system-setti
     ├─notify-osd
     ├─pulseaudio─┬─gconf-helper
     │ └─2*[{pulseaudio}]
     ├─sshd
     ├─syslogd
     ├─system-tools-ba
     ├─tracker-indexer
     ├─3*[transmission]
     ├─transmission───{transmission}
     ├─udevd
   ...

Well I did check and found that the process than was elevated use, I saw
that I did have open a window that have a some videos downloading. Then when
it refresh, this proccess goes up.

I did close it, but then now is the Xorg that goes Up, when use the compiz
effects

--
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+
COMMAND
 3485 root 20 0 150m 47m 9464 R 81.4 4.7 21:13.17
Xorg
--

init─┬─NetworkManager─┬─dhclient
     │ └─{NetworkManager}
     ├─acpid
     ├─atd
     ├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
     ├─bluetoothd
     ├─bonobo-activati───{bonobo-activati}
     ├─clamd───{clamd}
     ├─compiz───compiz.real───sh───compiz-decorato───gtk-window-deco
     ├─console-kit-dae─┬─{console-kit-dae}
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Why did you reassign this back to xorg, when you have identified what causes the high cpu in your comment #7?

Sorry Bryce, but I wasn't I did not change it, in fact, I'm updating my
system to update this case.

2009/4/10 Bryce Harrington <email address hidden>

> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Won't Fix
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> IBM Thinkpad T40 - Video ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon
> Mobility 7500]
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Hi,

Today I did receive my Jaunty Disk, well, then I did try to install it in my computer again, but when I did finish, I saw that the same BUG still there.

I'm attaching the Xorg.0.log file and will read all about https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/HighCPU for more details

rolando@rolando:~$ glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Radeon 20061018 AGP 4x x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL

Attaching the OLD file of the Xorg.0.log.old

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzDnkgGJj_4

Hi, I did disable the Compiz and try again with the wallpaper change and have the same problem

I did try to fix the xorg.conf but nothing help yet, I will post the last Xorg.0.log

Well. Finally I found the way to make works it.

I did change the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, Now it's working fine

Let me show you: with this configuration the system is working like with Intrepid.

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Boardname "ATI Radeon"
 Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
 Driver "radeon"
 Screen 0
 Vendorname "ATI"
 Option "MergedFB" "off"
 Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
 Option "EXANoComposite" "false"
 Option "FBTexPercent" "50"
 Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
 Option "DRI" "true"
 Option "GARTSize" "256"
 Option "AGPMode" "4"
 Option "Colortiling" "On"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
 Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
 Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

I did change the xorg.conf with this configuration (attached) and all works fine

I included a quirk patch for this bug in the most recent -ati update in karmic.