[mythtv-users] Machine idle at frontend menu and see 60% cpu usage due to 9959

James Meyer james.meyer at operamail.com
Fri Jun 2 22:13:46 UTC 2006


On Friday 02 June 2006 18:36, Greg Grotsky wrote:
> I have recently noticed that the frontend menu system is lagging badly.  I
> did some researching and found that when sitting at the menu and watching
> KDE System Guard it reports between 50 and 70% cpu usage.  I did some long
> and painful divide and conquer of mythtv versions and deteremined that
> Issac's changeset 9959 is the cause of this extra cpu usage.  On versions
> sub 9959, I see around 5 to 10% cpu usage when idle.
> 
> 06:59 Changeset *[9959]* by ijr <http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/9959>
> 
>    - trunk/mythtv/libs/libmythui/mythscreenstack.h
>    - trunk/mythtv/libs/libmythui/myththemebase.cpp
>    - trunk/mythtv/libs/libmythui/mythuitype.cpp
>    - trunk/mythtv/libs/libmythui/xmlparsebase.cpp
>    - trunk/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T./base.xml
> 
> Themes can now define a 'backgroundwindow' element that are more complex
> than just a single image, and will be present on all screens using mythui.
> See GANT for an example.
> 
> Other changes: fix theme reloading, close small font memory leak, allow
> images to request to be full-screen, themes can override stuff in
> base.xmlif so desired, add alpha/pulse controls to the generic item
> type..
> 
> Refs #12 <http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12>
> Thx.
> -Greg
> 
Greg are you using the QT painter method or opengl?
 Using QT I noticed a  jump in cpu usage, but not nearly as large as what your seeing.
-jm





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