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Cinnamon 2.4.5 LM 17.1 CPU Usage #3736
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Same problem, looking for answers as well. |
What I've learned so far is: |
Same for me. Minimizing all windows make cinnamon disappear from top processes. Restoring them bring up cinnamon again using 60-100% CPU. Occasionally it drops back to nothing. But that's usually not the case. Disabling effects doesn't help. Running the nvidia driver, NVidia GeForce 9800GT. |
are you folks using another DE as well (the cinnamon --replace indicates this) if so try with the other DE and see if this also happens, if not try only one DE |
Sorry for asking no doubt an obvious question: What's a DE ? In top, when consuming lots of cpu, only the word "cinnamon" is mentioned. But looking to the process details now I see "--replace" indeed. If have a 17.1 vanilla desktop configuration. No custom configuration yet. I've installed lots of packages though. So maybe it's coming from there ? |
Hello everyone, |
Right ! :-) But no, I can confirm I am running no other desktop. However, maybe it On 12/29/2014 07:17 AM, leigh123linux wrote:
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I now have a second DE installed. The cinnamon --replace process was hitting high cpu usage before installing MATE. I can further confirm by using a second user account. I had added this user back in '10 for several reasons. When Unity came out this account proved useful for testing. This time /home/joeblow hadn't been used in at least a couple of years. My process was: add the user joeblow, log out of main user account, so I'm at the mdm login screen, C-A-F2 to get to the second tty, login as joeblow, start midnight commander (mc), mkdir oldstuff, this account hasn't been used since maybe xubuntu 11.10, mv nearly all dot directories and files to oldstuff, I left behind things like .bash*,.ssh., .mozilla, .dmrc *was moved to the oldstuff directory, quit mc, C-A-F7 to get back to mdm, login as joeblow and cinnamon creates all dot files it needs. Bah, when I started typing this cinnamon --replace was hitting 60%, now it's 2-5% so go figure. And that behaviour doesn't help with trouble shooting. Copied from top: -Mark |
Just started digging into the cause of keyboard too hot to bare on non-Mint single DE install on older laptop... |
Also having this issue, like another user, minimizing windows makes cinnamon drop from top processes. With chrome and system monitor, cinnamon averages 20-30% Xorg is also averaging the same amount but doesn't drop with minimization. |
Cinnamon CPU usage drops when I minimize Totem in my case as well. |
Same problem for me. I tried to use xfce and mate on the same pc and don't have the problem with these DE. cpu also drop for me if I minimize all windows The problem first occurs while using firefox, I tried to use chromium but the problem also occurs with chromium |
Mate and xfce aren't valid examples as there not 3d accelerated DE's, can you reproduce using compiz, gnome-shell or with kde compositing? |
same problem as everyone else. ibm thinkpad x1 fresh install of linux mint, just changed some settings for switching between windows and workspaces |
Same with me, minimizing windows like VLC and Firefox will drop the CPU load from 20% to 2-5%. |
Still the same here. It's getting on my nerves really - because the fans kick in after a while. Making loud noise while the thing is literally sitting idle. I really thought Mint was better than that ... Is there really nothing we can do to help ??? Surely, seeing so many people having this problem. I'm no Linux hacker, but if somebody from Mint can walk me through collecting data, I'd be happy to oblige. Because this is non-sense ! Running a cpu 100% for doing ... nothing at all. |
Same with me, fan spins crazily for a few seconds and then is finished. |
Same problem as the original post.......after the computer is lef idle for more than10 minutes, cinnamon goes wild with CPU |
Probably nothing import : nobody from Mint bothered to answer. I'm out of Mint. |
Also experiencing this issue, however infrequently. The two times I have seen this, my laptop was almost completely unusable (i5 4Gb SSD). Accompanying this
I saw this behaviour on the afternoons of Monday March 30, and Monday May 11. Perhaps it is related to a scheduled task or online service not being available. After having a look through the open issues, I wonder if this is not related to issue #4072, as Alt-Tab and Menu button were no longer functioning at all, although I could eventually select other windows and activate the menu via clicking. |
Reporting the same issue. Up to date Mint. From top: From ps aux lscpu: |
I had this same issue come back up on Sunday August 2, and Monday August 3, 2015. I reiterate that it is really strange that my laptop works fine most of the time, and then all of a sudden for a couple days it is completely unusable due to this 'cinnamon --replace' process hogging the resources. I can barely even click on the menu button and get it to restart, and the problem just resurfaces after a restart. ALAS... I have new insight to share however. I discovered that the problem disappears if I unplug the power cord (and run on battery). It slowly comes back when I plug back in however. How strange! |
In my case, I've noticed that minimizing Foobar2000 running under Wine, made the |
I too have experienced this issue. For me, it was running chrome-remote-desktop which itself tries to launch cinnamon on connection. To test, I installed MATE, logged back in using that desktop and still saw cinnamon-settings caning the CPU. Repeated killing of the process didn't help as it seemed to resurrect each time. However, an |
I'm having the same issue on Ubuntu 15.10. I'm seeing cinnamon use 46-53% of all the CPU capacity; that's three cores. My hunch is that's somehow related to GPU acceleration; I'm using some crappy discreet GeForce, so anything that tries to "accelerate" using it will only stir trouble. Is there a way to stop cinnamon from accelerating using GPU? Is there a log to tell what exactly it's doing? It seems bizarre a process would do computation so heavy it needs three cores for hours straight and not write a single line of log about what it is trying to do. |
I have high CPU usage in Cinnamon every time I run a Java application. Closing down all Java processes seems to fix the problem. Unfortunately some of my critical software is in Java. |
An update on my strange case-- it is solved... nothing to do with Linux Mint or Cinnamon. I had been given an extra HP power supply... it is supposedly outputting the proper voltages, but is rated as 18.5V vs. their newer 19V ones. It seems that a slightly different line voltage was causing the CPU to behave EXTREMELY slowly, and eventually even stopped charging. Replacing the spare power supply with a new one solved the my issue and I am no longer seeing any major slowdowns from Mint or Cinnamon. |
I also have this problem - Also a thinkpad carbon. |
Hello, I had the same issue and this solved it: "Moved ~/.cinnamon to ~/.cinnamon-bak." and then rebooted. "Was probably an issue with a previous version of ~/.cinnamon, since that folder has been around for quite some time." |
the issue still here.
Even if the problem is caused by FAILED NVidia driver, why Cinnamon eats additional 30-40% CPU when Chromium draws difficult graphics (svg animations, css effects, parralax effect and other). It is not a task for Cinnamon |
Same issue. Three years. Any developer cares to answer with potential solution? |
I think you guys should abandom this sinking ship, at least I did. |
Solution proposed by @Dreezert help a lot here. So, not leaving the boat, yet =) |
renamed the .cinnamon folder. waiting to see if cpu spikes are gone |
solved: removed two bad panel apps. cpu temperature and disk utilization. |
I managed to solve this problem by removing "Window List With App Grouping" applet from my panel |
Is this still an issue for those who have had this issue before? |
Well, |
I did drop using Mint with Cinnamon (situation changed)... but I also found the source of weirdness experienced. It was my power supply (HP EliteBook Folio 9470m)... I guess it was on it's way out and was delivering something the CPU/GPU didn't like. When I was running on battery, CPU usage became normal, when I'd plug in the system ran so slow it was unusable. This Cinnamon replace task I feel was just one symptom of a deeper problem. Changing the power supply resolved the issue. |
I have just upgraded to Linux Mint 20 on my Dell XPS 13 7390, so it is a latest software as for today.
So, "cinnamon --replace" is never below 5.5% CPU usage. After pressing ALT+TAB for 5 time I have:
which went down to 5.5% in several seconds. I still believe those number are slightly high. P.S. I like Mint 20, it looks stable and finally has DPI per monitor configuration!!! THANK YOU!!! |
I run into this on my Mint 20 (updated from 19.3 without issues). From my observing it happens when coming back from suspend mode (closed laptop lid and opened the next day). Restarting Cinnamon (Alt + F2 -> r) helps - after that cinnamon --replace process stays between 3 and 5% CPU usage. |
I have latest Linux Mint 20.1 with Cinnamon 4.8.6 and can see the issue: |
Good Day All,
Cpu usage on my system goes up to 48+% after some period of inactivity. I can clear this by logging out and back in (restarting X is how I think of that). This is an older PC with Intel onboard graphics. CPU usage monitored with top.
lspci | grep -i vga
=00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
uname -r
=3.13.0-37-generic
Any tips on how to further diagnose this problem would be greatly appreciated.
-Mark
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