CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

Hi !

Until recently the CPU of my N900 would be around 5%.

The other day however the application 'Nokia Panorama' frooze - and crashed the system. And it keeps doing that.

I noticed that the CPU was constantly on some 20 - 40/50%.

I ran all the possible updates but it has not changed.

I deinstalled 'Nokia Panorama' and tried to reinstall, but I got an error message (no room left).

When I look with Conky to see what processes are high it shows Xorg mostly at 6 - 10%, some hildon etc.


So, anybody a sugesstion how to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

Reboot the device!

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

Done that - X times ;-)

What I forgot to tell is, that I have 3 packages being 'kept back':

I am afraid it is this pyside stuff.

I have had (a lot of) trouble with that before.

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

Then your problems are found :)

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

It's a suspicion - I am not sure.

It also could be one of the new apps I installed recently ..


Is there a way - listing - to find out what one has installed last 2 weeks?

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

Download faster application manager from the repos

Hit install application > S @ base and sort by installed > Sort option & select date

This will put tye application into newest intalled at the top, you will have to go into each application to check the install date manualy

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

Thanks for the tip !

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

make sure you are comparing the same cpu speed, if its running at 20% and less than 600mhz it is a non-issue. i'd be worried if its using 20% @ 800+mhz though. if its just xorg and hildon using the cpu, it might be normal.

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

It's overclocked and running at 950mhhz.

That has been stable for some 8 months now.

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

yes but when its using 20% verify that the cpu clock is still at 950, its supposed to drop down lower by itself, and then the higher cpu usage doesn't matter! 20% is low enough that it should be running at the lowest speed...

Re: CPU N900 constantly 20 - 50 % (was 5%)
 

Hi all!


The problems seem to have been solved by now.


What I did was:

- load via X-Terminal my previous saved profile for the kernel-config (250-900)
- use Swappoluble to apply (+ save) optimal performance

Reboot.


And now it's running smoothly again ;-)