100% CPU usage

[bashphoenux]

Hello guys ! I recently installed sabayon 4.1 the thing is if i run 2 or 3 apps the cpu usage jumps to 100%
wat do i do?
i am running a AMD X64 3000+ 2.0Ghz processor !and 1.5gb ram
and how do i install codecs and vlc player via terminal ?
Thanks .. sorry if i didnt look properly before posting !
and i am not able to play .avi files ???

[Stupot]

Open a terminal a run top:

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top

top provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time. It displays a listing of the most CPU-intensive tasks on the system, and can provide an interactive interface for manipulating processes.

By running top, you should be able to determine which process is actually taking up all your CPU and we can move forward from there.

To install vlc via entropy, do these as root

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# equo update && equo install equo
# equo install vlc

The first line will download the newest list of available packages and it will install the latest version of entropy.
The second line will actually install vlc.

[Thev00d00]

Yeah if you find out what apps are taking up all your cpu you can kill them. I reccomend you read the the entropy documentation on the wiki.

You should use SMplayer as it much better than VLC and uses system ffmpeg/mplayer.

Also your location is wrong, bash is at /bin/bash. /root is the root users home folder. / is the root dir. Binaries (programs) go in "bin" or "/usr/bin"

[bashphoenux]

top - 21:56:50 up 7:42, 2 users, load average: 0.79, 0.84, 0.72
Tasks: 146 total, 3 running, 143 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 36.1%us, 2.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 61.3%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%
Mem: 1455764k total, 1446100k used, 9664k free, 59184k bu PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
24927 bashphoenux 20 0 1306m 496m 31m R 27.0 34.9 83:04.09 firefox inav 20 0 320m 28m 12m R 2.3 2.0 0:01.13 gnome-
24770 root 20 0 314m 44m 13m S 6.1 3.1 32:20.51 X inav 20 0 377m 54m 14m S 0.3 3.8 0:38.64 gnome-
24824 bashphoenux 20 0 344m 12m 8268 S 0.9 0.9 0:04.72 gnome-settings-inav 20 0 287m 19m 9.9m S 0.3 1.4 1:08.55 multil
24842 bashphoenux 20 0 235m 21m 9980 R 0.9 1.5 0:20.52 metacity inav 20 0 593m 83m 20m S 0.3 5.9 0:44.76 pidgin
26942 bashphoenux 20 0 528m 50m 15m S 0.9 3.6 2:37.74 audacious t 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthrea
top - 21:56:50 up 7:42, 2 users, load average: 0.
Tasks: 146 total, 3 running, 143 sleeping, 0 sto
top - 21:56:50 up 7:42, 2 users, load avera
Tasks: 146 total, 5 running, 141 sleeping,
Cpu(s): 81.2%us, 12.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU
24770 root 20 0 314m 44m 13m R 91.74
24927 bashphoenux 20 0 1306m 496m 31m R 18.3 15 -5 0 0
24824 bashphoenux 20 0 344m 12m 8268 S 9.2 15 -5 0 0
24842 bashphoenux 20 0 235m 21m 9980 R 9.2 15 -5 0 0
27890 bashphoenux 20 0 320m 28m 12m R 9.2 15 -5 0 0
top - 21:57:07 up 7:42, 2 users, load average: 0.68, 0.81, 0.72
Tasks: 146 total, 3 running, 143 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 62.9%us, 3.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 33.4%id, 0.0%wa, 0.3%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 1455764k total, 1445360k used, 10404k free, 58700k buffers
Swap: 7711148k total, 30596k used, 7680552k free, 287208k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
24927 bashphoenux 20 0 1322m 500m 31m R 30.6 35.2 83:08.60 firefox
24770 root 20 0 314m 44m 13m S 28.9 3.1 32:22.64 X 27890 bashphoenux 20 0 320m 28m 12m S 3.3 2.0 0:01.45 gnome-terminal
26122 bashphoenux 20 0 308m 63m 13m S 0.7 4.4 0:03.61 gimp-2.6 26880 bashphoenux 20 0 593m 83m 20m S 0.7 5.9 0:44.81 pidgin
26942 bashphoenux 20 0 528m 50m 15m R 0.7 3.6 2:37.83 audacious 10435 root 20 0 21652 1072 932 S 0.3 0.1 0:06.31 hald-addon-stor
24844 bashphoenux 20 0 377m 54m 14m S 0.3 3.8 0:38.68 gnome-panel 24897 bashphoenux 20 0 287m 19m 9.9m S 0.3 1.4 1:08.61 multiload-apple
1 root 20 0 3752 524 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.87 init 2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 4 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
5 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuset 6 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.64 events/0
7 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 work_on_cpu/0 8 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 khelper

and i know that .. thats why i chose that location ..
the thing is mplayer doesnt play avi i dont know why!!
and your sig is awesome !! totally kool !

[Thev00d00]

when you run live did it work okay? Did you check MD5 sum? Try doing a world update

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equo update --force
equo install entropy equo spritz
equo update --force
equo world

reinstall firefox

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equo remove mozilla-firefox --deep --configfile
rm -rf /home/username/.mozilla/*
equo install mozilla-firefox mplayer adobe-flash

Thanks about the Sig, I have skills with Inkscape, get yourself on staff and you can have one =P

[bashphoenux]

i dont think i did the md5 sum ?? wat does it do??
and wat did u mean by

get yourself on staff

???

[wolfden]

http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php? ... or_LiveDVD

[bashphoenux]

i already have sabayon installed onto my hard drive !!
do still need to do the Md5 checksum ???

[kodiakmax]

well, I'm having a hard time reading your top output formated like that. you should use code tags But, from what I can tell, looking at the top output you posted
A) you are not using 100% cpu (i see 3 instances, one at 36.1%, one at 81.2%, and one at 62.9%)
B) you have practically maxed out your RAM (only 10megs free)
C) firefox seems to be taking up the most of your cpu

so, I would close firefox and recheck your cpu load with top. If it is normal then firefox is your problem. Follow Thev00d00's advice and reinstall firefox. If that doesn't work try a world update. Keep in mind the more tabs firefox has open the more resources it is going to use.

[bashphoenux]

thanks i am following vooodoo's instruction now :d
the cpu looks to be ok when ff is shut..

su -c'equo remove mozilla-firefox --deep --configfile'
Password:
>> Wrong parameters.
>> @@ Caching complete.
>> You should run equo --help