[Bug 558657] [NEW] mouse usage causes Xorg CPU usage to spike, and mouse pointer becomes less responsive

Launchpad Bug Tracker 558657 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Apr 9 07:39:16 UTC 2010


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Binary package hint: xorg

Over time, my mouse pointer becomes more and more erratic and
unresponsive.  It never becomes unusable, but it gets jerky and hard to
use.  If I run 'top', I can watch Xorg CPU usage spike in direct
correlation to how much I move the mouse around (and the mouse
performance gets worse while I'm doing this).  If I wave the mouse
pointer around a lot, CPU will reliably hit 100%, and the pointer will
be far behind my physical gestures with the mouse (and will continue to
move for a while after I stop moving the mouse).  CPU climbs back down
after I stop moving the mouse.

When I first log in, everything is fine.  This problem gets worse the
longer I stay in the same X Session.  I haven't tried logging out back
to GDM and logging back in; if you need me to I can try that.

Switching between windows / desktops is also increasingly sluggish.

This is all on  Ubuntu lucid (development branch).

I don't know if this is related to any of these bugs:

  bug #439138
  bug #433802

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 5e7a695a9deba63c8a14a741c27a2f28
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Thu Apr  8 15:08:28 2010
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.32-19-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.32-17-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.32-18-generic, i686: installed
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=2eed5674-1b11-4434-85be-b09c3986a095 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A14
dmi.board.name: 0U8042
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd11/19/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0U8042:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       i686
 kernel:             2.6.32-19-generic

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Chris Halse Rogers (raof)
         Status: Incomplete

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Chris Halse Rogers (raof)
         Status: Incomplete

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Fedora)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid lucid-upgrade-testing
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mouse usage causes Xorg CPU usage to spike, and mouse pointer becomes less responsive
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