CPU load of muted tracks

Probably most of you know the situation: You're working on a song with a couple of tracks, the cursor's getting redder and redder, and the dreaded error warning starts to appear. You want to lock some of the tracks, but since they're not done yet, you want to work on them one by one by soloing them, adding a couple of notes and effects and do some copy/paste work - thinking that the computer should be able to handle at least one track. But it doesn't - it still stops playing and gives you the warning.
Does that mean that GB still renders all the other tracks? Isn't the software smart enough to notice that it can spare the effort on tracks that don't play anyway?

Yeah, this locking and unlocking is kind of a pain. There's situations where e.g. you start by doing one verse of a song and you know you're going to copy a lot of the stuff to verse 2 as the next step, so you hesitate to lock the tracks, because that would mean to many coffee or smoking breaks ...
I think I mentioned before: It would be great to be able to lock regions and still be able to split and copy them - I'm not sure that this is technically feasible, because by locking you basically turn a software track into a "no effects" audio track that just plays back the freeze file in one run. Copying and pasting would mean that the computer has to fetch different files all the time, making the thing more complicated (but still a lot easier than rendering software instrument in real time).
Yes, and finally carrying the FW drive over to the "studio" might really be a good idea ...

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Which will cause a higher cpu load, the sampler instrument or the original audio tracks?

I have some piano that I wanted to loop. I had no problem using the convert track to sampler instrument. My question is about CPU performance. Which will cause a higher cpu load, the sampler instrument or the original audio tracks?

Hi Mesaboogiewes,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Ableton.com recommends disabling Energy Saver, fullscreen mode, and Exposé. I would recommend putting the 1Gb of RAM, you will find a better result. I suggest going to the Ableton.com website and looking for more troubleshooting issues.
I hope that helps,
Jon

How do you spread CPU load over more cores?

Hi
I recently bought a macbook pro quadcore i7 because my 2007 macbook couldn't cope with the demands of Logic when using it rewired with Ableton Live, and had lots of CPU overload messages.
I am really disappointed that having spent so much money to overcome this problem, it has only slightly improved the amount of overload messages. I read the article below about how to spread CPU power over the cores, now I have 8. I still can't figure out though how to control which channels are using which core and spreading the CPU load to cores 5-8 which don't seem to be being used. Any ideas?
Can I rewire from ableton to different cores?
In my project, the 2nd core keeps overloading whilst the others are down. Is it to do with aux channels, master channels, buses etc?
Or should I upload my memory to 8GB RAM?
Thanks
Steve
Here's the article:
About core activity
Logic breaks tasks down into threads that can be assigned to a single core for execution. It's not possible to split a single thread across multiple cores, although a single core may run multiple threads at the same time. This is one reason that you may sometimes see uneven load distributions across the available cores on your computer. If one thread is very processor-intensive, the core running that thread may show much more activity than the cores running less demanding tasks. This is the main reason that you may get "Core Audio Overload" warning messages even though some of the cores on your system may not show significant activity.
To monitor Logic as it uses the cores on your system, double-click the CPU meter in the Transport area.
A window displays a meter for each core.
The same concept applies to channel strips as well. Each channel strip—and all plug-ins it contains—is processed by one core. If you are using many processor-intensive plug-ins on a single channel strip, the core running it may show heavier activity. This is especially true if you are working at high sample rates (88.2 kHz or higher).
Redistributing core loads
If you find that a single core has much higher activity, use these strategies to redistribute the load.
In the example below, there is a single Software Instrument channel strip with plug-ins routed directly to Output 1-2. The channel strip for Output 1-2 has a large number of plug-ins.
In this example there is activity on two cores: the left core is handling the Software Instrument while the next core processes the Output 1-2 channel strip. You can use routing capabilities in Logic to distribute the load to more cores without changing the sound, as in the next image.
The resulting signal chain is Inst 1 > Aux 1 > Aux 2 > Out 1-2, as shown in this table:
Channel strip
Input
Output
Inst 1
Bus 1
Aux 1
Bus 1
Bus 2
Aux 2
Bus 2
Out 1-2
Also, the first four plug-ins have moved from Output 1-2 to Aux 1 and the remaining four plug-ins to Aux 2.
After adjusting the volumes to the respective channel strips appropriately, the result sounds identical, but now the load is distributed among four cores instead of two. You can use this concept to redistribute plug-ins from Audio channel strips, Software Instruments, Auxes, and Outputs (as in this example).
In the image above, there is still a very heavy load on a single core, even though it's using the routing described above. Notice the Inst 1 channel strip is selected. When a Software Instrument track is selected in the Arrange window, Logic enters "Live Input Mode". In this mode, Logic turns on every plug-in in the channel strip's signal path so the channel strip can be played live from a MIDI controller. All of this must be handled by a single thread and therefore just one core. It's a good idea to keep a track that uses an Audio channel strip selected in the Arrange window, unless you're actively playing or recording to a Software Instrument.

OS X Snow Leopard introduced Grand Central, where the OS will distribute the load better to more cores, however it takes time for software to adapt to these changes and make a rewrite of the codebase and test it out, Apple's included.

CPU Load problem

I have an iBook G4 800 Mhz processor - 512Mb ram...
and i'm trying to run ableton live - but the cpu load is too great - and i keep getting glitches in my audio stream - plus it has a cpu meter that goes up to like 86% - 92% when i'm only running 2 tracks which shouldn't be hard for the comp to do...
would a 1Gb ram chip do the trick? or am i wasting my time and i need to get a powerbook? also are there any tricks to lessening the cpu load?
thanks for ur help!

Hi Mesaboogiewes,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Ableton.com recommends disabling Energy Saver, fullscreen mode, and Exposé. I would recommend putting the 1Gb of RAM, you will find a better result. I suggest going to the Ableton.com website and looking for more troubleshooting issues.
I hope that helps,
Jon

Activity monitor showing iOS process CPU load?

Twice in the past two weeks my iPhone 4s (running latest 7.1.1) suddenly became very warm, and its battery went down rapidly even when on standby. If I plugged it in, it got even warmer and it charged very slowly.
In each case I was eventually able to recover, by stopping all apps, putting the phone in airplane mode, doing a couple of full restarts, and (this seemed to be important) turning the phone off completely until it cooled down completely. Because I did several things almost at once, I can't be sure which ones were effective.
This could be a hardware issue with the battery. The fact that turning the phone off completely seemed to be an essential part of the cure suggests that. It could also be a hardware issue related to network communication, cured by Airplane Mode.
It could also be related to beta software that I was running, though that software was not active either time. The testing profile was installed though, and could have been involved. After the second incident I removed the profile as a precaution (fortunately the GA version of the software had just come out).
To help track down the cause, if it happens again, I would like to find an iOS equivalent of Activity Monitor on my Mac. I've installed several free system status apps and I have read the description of several paid ones. The ones I have tried give me a list of running processes with their priorities, and total CPU load, but so far I have not found one that shows which processes are the CPU hogs. Maybe one of the paid ones does that, but their descriptions don't claim that feature. It t doesn't make sense to spend money without getting the feature I need. If it is a software issue, looking at total CPU load while starting and stopping apps may not be a good diagnostic since the culprit could be a background or system process.
Any suggestions?

And a process that is capable of running multiple threads of execution, can concurrently use more than 1 CPU, and thus consume greater than 100% of 1 CPU.

Parallels' vmmain.kext causing jumpy/erratic mouse under CPU load

Have posted the below at the Parallels forum, thought it might help people here though.
Finally tracked the cause of something that has been bugging the heck out of me for a while.
Under Leopard 10.5.1, under CPU load (at least 1 core of my core 2 duo maxing out) the trackpad pointer would jump about, usually about 2-3 seconds apart, would also become slow and basically super annoying to use. The funny thing is it would only happen when NOT connected to my wireless network (would happen even if airport was turned off). Checking the console would show lots of "kernel [Parallels] IPI stat: rescheduled 1 cpus out of 2." which struck me as odd since Parallels wasn't even running.
Anyway, tracked it down to vmmain.kext which gets loaded at startup from the parallels script in /library/startupitems/parallels.
Again, Parallels does not need to be running at all for the mouse pointer to be affected.
I'm currently working around the issue by removing the startupparameters.plist (thus making parallels services, vmmain.kext etc not load at startup, and if I want to run parallels I just manually start the needed extensions/services (wrote an applescript which just basically does "sudo sh /Library/StartupItems/Parallels/Parallels start; sudo sh /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsTransporter/ParallelsTransporter start") and then stop the services after I'm done with parallels.
Never happened under Tiger though, must be a leopard thing. I'm pretty sure airport has something to do with it as it only happens when I'm not connected to a wireless network.
Anyways, hope this may help someone.

Activity Monitor - Mavericks also Yosemite
Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes
Performance Guide
Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Slow Mac After Mavericks
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy

3 Kernal panics and high CPU load

2 problems: 1.) I've had 3 kernal panics since I bought my macbook a couple weeks ago. The latest one happened when I was just reading something on the screen, then I adjusted the screen angle (and prehaps the screen saver came on then too) and the screen goes black and the kernal panic notice comes up.
Another kernal panic came when I unpluged my headphones, and the 3rd I can't remember.
Is this a lot? It's more than 1 a week for moderate usage.
Now today I find that the CPU load goes up over 50 % (40-50 of it user) as seen with activity monitor, iStat pro wigit and core duo temp wigit. The temp also goes up to 80 degrees, all with no programs open! In addition, the total CPU usage listed in activity monitor is around 15%. Where is all this extra CPU usage coming from, and how do I stop it? Reseting sometimes solves the problem for a few minutes, then it is back.

Glad to know we're making progress:
Now I'm way out of my depth having only ssh'd a noisy five-year-old, but I recall seeing on sites like MacIntouch that the Finder often tries to endlessly remount a share using SAMBA.
For instance: (from http://www.MacInTouch.com)
<<A lot of people have notice very heavy CPU load, but have been unable to determine which process it is that is causing it.
I had this same problem, tracked it down and worked around it before learning that many others were facing it. It's caused by Windoze File Sharing/Samba. For me, the problem only happened if Samba was enabled across a reboot. In this situation, nbmd tries to start up, hits an error, and quits, and is immediately relaunched. This repeats in excess of 20 times/second, causing the incredible load. I'm not sure why it doesn't show up as load, at least in the kernel task, but it doesn't.
The solution for me was to simply quit Windoze File Sharing and restart it. That generally allowed nbmd to come up without problems, but they would start up again after a reboot. I finally just turned it off WFS altogether (don't use it that often).>>
There now, that's as much as I know, and I offer it in the hope that those who know what ssh and SAMBA actually are, might be able to make some use of it...
Regards
TD
MacBook Pro 15 2.16gig / iMac G5 20 Mac OS X (10.4) 2 gig RAM/ 1 gig RAM

90% cpu load on ubuntu 8.04

Hello all,
I made a visualization for sorting algorithms. (The code is to long to post it here)
I developed the app under this system:
Windows Vista Home x64
Dualcore ~2.6GHz
Java Version: 1.6.0 Update 7 32bit
and i have a cpu load of ~10% when i run the app.
I asked my friend to test the app under his OS:
Ubuntu 8.04
Dualcore ~2.2Ghz
Java Version: 1.6.0 Update 7 32bit
and he got a cpu load of over 90%!
We both had no running tasks in background. It was only the java app.
Are there any known issues about this problem or could could it be a coding problem?
Btw the programm uses round about 8 Threads.
TIA

mod235711 wrote:
I'm sry.
Ok i try to specify a little bit more.
e.g.: I have this code snippet to check whenever the algorithm has finished.
while (!algorithm.isIdle())
                              try
                                   sleep(1);
                              catch (InterruptedException e)
                                   clockRefresh.interrupt();
                                   setIdle();
                         }Without the sleep I have a cpu load of 50% (of course, because it is an endless loop until the algorithm has finished).
But with the sleep time it's just 1 or 2%.
I want to know if there is a known issue in the JVM that causes threads on some systems to use to much cpu load.
Or could it be a coding problem?
What do you think about the sleep time in this loop?
Or could the high cpu load be caused by bad coding?After reading this post I could not read further. There is the problem. You're doing a sleep(1) .....
Even in C that will most likely kill any cpu. Try to use joins: elegant and faster ;)

Kernel_task running above 500% CPU load on my Macbook Pro running OSX 10.9.4

I recently upgrade my Macbook Pro to OSX 9.0.4 and the system is running sluggishly slow, Activity Monitor showing kernel_task always running above 500% CPU load, system fan always running loud at startup but laptop is not overheating. Below is the EtreCheck report, hoping if anyone can help me fix this issue, much appreciate it. Btw, I have done the SMC reset, but nothing has helped.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.13 (49)
Report generated 16 August 2014 2:30:27 pm AEST
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
Color LCD 2880 x 1800
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:17:38
Disk Information: ?
APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 250.14 GB (103.87 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.digidesign.fwfamily.driver (8.0.3f1) Support
[loaded] com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (8.0.3f1) Support
[not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.boot.driver (9.0f4) Support
[not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.driver (9.0f4) Support
[not loaded] com.digidesign.usb.elevenrack.driver (1.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.8 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.8) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.8 - SDK 10.3) Support
[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.8 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.8 - SDK 10.4) Support
Startup Items: ?
Digidesign Mbox 2: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Digidesign Mbox 2
DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Problem System Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.trial.plist Support
[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.upd.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist Support
[running] com.digidesign.elevenrack.helper.plist Support
[running] com.digidesign.fwfamily.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[running] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
[loaded] PACESupport.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
SmartDaemon
BitTorrent
uTorrent
Knock
Autodesk 360
Internet Plug-ins: ?
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions: ?
AllMyTube
Searchme-2
iTube Studio
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Digidesign Eleven Rack Support
DigidesignMbox2 Support
Digidesign Mbox 2 Pro Support
Flash Player Support
MacFUSE Support
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      4% WindowServer
      4% Google Chrome
      1% cfbackd
      0% AppleSpell
      0% Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory: ?
213 MB Finder
156 MB Dock
156 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
123 MB WindowServer
115 MB Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Information: ?
4.43 GB Free RAM
2.21 GB Active RAM
414 MB Inactive RAM
971 MB Wired RAM
527 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

The kernel is using excessive processor cycles. Below are some possible causes for the condition.
Throttling
When it gets high temperature readings from the hardware, or a low-voltage reading from the battery, the kernel may try to compensate by interrupting the processor(s) to slow them down and reduce power consumption. This condition can be due to:
☞ a buildup of dust on the logic board
☞ high ambient temperature
☞ a worn-out or faulty battery in a portable
☞ the malfunction of a cooling fan, a temperature sensor, a voltage sensor, or some other internal component
Note that if the problem is caused by a sensor, there may be no actual overheating or undervoltage.
If the computer is portable, test with and without the AC adapter connected. If kernel_task hogs the processor only on battery power, the fault is in the battery or the logic board. If it happens only on AC power, charging is causing the machine to heat up. That may be normal on some models. CPU usage should drop when charging is complete.
Apple Diagnostics or the Apple Hardware Test, though not very reliable, is sometimes able to detect a fault. For more thorough hardware testing, make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
If nothing is wrong with the hardware, then whatever you can do to improve cooling may help.
Installed software
User-installed software that includes a device driver or other kernel code may thrash the kernel. That category includes virtualization software, such as Parallels and VMware, as well as most commercial "anti-virus" products. Some system-monitoring applications, such as "iStat," can also contribute to the problem. You can test for this possibility by completely disabling or removing the software according to the developer's instructions, or starting in safe mode. Note, however, that disabling a system modification without removing it or testing in safe mode may not be as easy as you think.
Corrupt NVRAM or SMC data
Sometimes the problem is cleared up by resetting the NVRAM or the SMC.
External display
Connecting an external LCD display to some MacBook Pro models while the lid is open may cause this issue. If applicable, test by closing the lid or disconnecting the display. You might get better results with a newer LED display.

High CPU load on SUP720-3BXL / C6k

Hi,
I know it has been discussed many times before, but may I get some new inspiration to solve some problems here.
We've some c6509 with SUP720-3BXL. One of routers has a WS-X6704-10G module with DFC. This is the only card installed besides the SUP720. We're run into some heavy CPU problems regarding the RP:
c6k-05#sh proc cpu sorted
CPU utilization for five seconds: 71%/12%; one minute: 77%; five minutes: 78%
PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
252    70001864 72821359        961 37.88% 34.97% 33.83%   0 Earl NDE Task
12    13535512   7478495       1809 9.67% 7.18% 5.88%   0 ARP Input
354    13418508    655279      20477 7.27% 6.52% 6.47%   0 CEF: IPv4 proces
275     5628156 14433722        389 2.79% 2.47% 2.46%   0 ADJ resolve proc
273     5720936   8782567        651 0.31% 0.56% 2.06%   0 IP Input
SP looks like normal:
c6k-05#remote command switch sh proc cpu sorted
CPU utilization for five seconds: 24%/0%; one minute: 24%; five minutes: 25%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
316 5711876 422724 13512 6.55% 3.36% 3.18% 0 Hardware API bac
109 10629720 20123627 528 6.31% 6.87% 6.98% 0 slcp process
3 10847468 988165 10977 5.27% 6.11% 6.13% 0 CEF: IPv4 proces
253 3055016 108213 28231 1.67% 1.70% 1.70% 0 Vlan Statistics
c6k-05.nc#sh proc cpu history
7777666668888888888999998888877777777766666777777777777777
6666888880000044444222220000000000333399999555557777755555
100
90 *****
80 **** ******************** ***************
70 **********************************************************
60 **********************************************************
50 **********************************************************
40 **********************************************************
30 **********************************************************
20 **********************************************************
10 **********************************************************
0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
CPU% per second (last 60 seconds)
9999988999999999888989899999999889999999999999999999999999
1522389859375081979774546389531690556610500213560563134442
100 * *** ** * * * *#* **** * ** **
90 **************************##******************************
80 #############*#########*##################################
70 ##########################################################
60 ##########################################################
50 ##########################################################
40 ##########################################################
30 ##########################################################
20 ##########################################################
10 ##########################################################
0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
CPU% per minute (last 60 minutes)
* = maximum CPU% # = average CPU%
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999998999999999999999999
100 *************************************************
90 *****##******************************************
80 #################################################
70 #################################################
60 #################################################
50 #################################################
40 #################################################
30 #################################################
20 #################################################
10 #################################################
0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6....6....7.
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0
CPU% per hour (last 72 hours)
* = maximum CPU% # = average CPU%
Our Netflow statistics will consume many of the CPU time, this is clear.
ip flow-cache timeout inactive 10
ip flow-cache timeout active 1
mls aging fast time 14
mls aging long 64
mls aging normal 45
mls netflow interface
mls netflow usage notify 90 21600
mls flow ip interface-full
mls flow ipv6 interface-full
mls nde sender version 5
Anything else to search for? This box has a lot of L3 VLANs and many many /24 subnets as secondary addresses inside the SVIs. QoS and COOP is enabled and heavily used. The box receive one full-table (~508k), one partial table (~130k) and two iBGP feeds with ~1k prefixes.
c6k-05#sh int te1/1 | i 5 minute
5 minute input rate 917021000 bits/sec, 576857 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 1021949000 bits/sec, 376221 packets/sec
c6k-05.nc#sh int te1/3 | i 5 minute
5 minute input rate 1266207000 bits/sec, 450679 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 2140145000 bits/sec, 1342052 packets/sec
c6k-05#sh ver | i IOS
Cisco IOS Software, s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-ADVENTERPRISEK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(33)SXI14, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Don't know if this is CPU related: (messages appears every 2-3 min. in the log)
Nov 25 15:51:45.558 CET: %SYS-3-CPUHOG: Task is running for (204)msecs, more than (200)msecs (14/7),process = BGP Scheduler.
-Traceback= 4035A898 4036D818 4036D9AC 4166696C 4036F228 4036F310 4166BB70 4166BB5C
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Thomas

Hi Rajeev,
we have temporary disabled Netflow after we ran into a flapping BGP session problem one hour ago. Router killed BGP related processes due to no free CPU time.
After disabling Netflow, the load of the RP has been decreased dramaticly from <80% to ~30%. But we can't disable Netflow at all because we need the flows to get information for our DDoS protection.
We have now increased CPU ressources for processes:
(no scheduler max-task-time)
scheduler allocate 10000 4000
CPU load is (very) high again:
c6k-05.nc#sh proc cpu sorted
CPU utilization for five seconds: 90%/21%; one minute: 85%; five minutes: 86%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
252 107378140 111133354 966 23.43% 25.49% 23.13% 0 Earl NDE Task
563 7056500 8738616 807 17.75% 2.72% 2.12% 0 SNMP ENGINE
354 21164144 876799 24138 5.75% 6.37% 6.35% 0 CEF: IPv4 proces
12 22983692 11691250 1965 5.43% 6.08% 5.60% 0 ARP Input
273 10269700 12841900 799 4.95% 9.15% 11.49% 0 IP Input
329 889568 11066 80387 3.35% 0.41% 0.27% 0 IP Background
275 8864220 22191938 399 2.63% 2.48% 2.50% 0 ADJ resolve proc
342 3048616 225163 13539 1.51% 0.73% 0.72% 0 IPC LC Message H
514 3188912 929923 3429 1.27% 0.84% 0.89% 0 BGP Router
52 319360 7229 44177 1.19% 0.14% 0.07% 0 Per-minute Jobs
561 634184 4164207 152 0.63% 0.18% 0.16% 0 IP SNMP
All is unsatisfactory :-(
Kind regards,
Thomas

Hwmond high cpu load after 10.6.8 update

hwmond is causing up to 70% cpu load after every reboot on several xserves i manage caused by the update to 10.6.8. anybody else having this problem? it can be solved by hwmond -s5 to set the hwmond interval to 5 seconds but this command is not processed properly, is causing an error message "IOConnectMethodScalarIScalra0 call return err = 0xE00002BC" and has to be exited with cmd+c. Also, the com.apple.hwmond.plist in LaunchDaemons is empty.

In my case:
I installed 10.6.8 via the Combo Update, was running 10.6.7 previous to this.
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hwmond.plist still exists and is not empty
/etc/hwmond.SMART still exists and is not empty
/etc/hwmond.conf didn't exist, so from Terminal.app I simply issued "sudo touch /etc/hwmond.conf"
I tried:
In Terminal.app, ran:sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hwmond.plist
Then, backed up /usr/sbin/hwmond and /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hwmond.plist
From a Mac Pro running 10.6.7 Server, copied both the binary and the plist to the same spots on the Xserve, then, in Terminal.app, ran:sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hwmond.plist
That didn't change a thing. hwmond still spiked.
Put everything back the way it was.
And:
In Terminal.app, ran:sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hwmond.plist
Backed up /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hwmond.plist
Made another copy to the Desktop
Edited this copy and added a string in ProgramArguments with a value of "-S255", but this still caused hwmond to spike after putting this copy back in LaunchDaemons, repairing permissions, and loading the plist via launchctl again. Any valid value still caused it to spike. However my Xserve now reboots if I set the value to an invalid value, like "-s256". Then again this also caused com.apple.hwmond and com.apple.launchd to create entries in the system log complaining about the value with hwmond attempting to relaunch itself every 10 seconds:
6/24/11 2:37:10 PM com.apple.hwmond[2697] hwmond: n should be 1 to 255 seconds
6/24/11 2:37:10 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.hwmond[2697]) Exited with exit code: 1
6/24/11 2:37:10 PM          com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.hwmond) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
OP, Armin, did something similar, but I think he tried doing it directly in Terminal, not using launchctl / launchd, which caused the error he mentioned.
Finally, added a "Disabled" item, with a boolean value of YES to the plist, recopied it, repaired permissions again (launchctl will complain and won't load the plist if you don't). This way hwmond is disabled, I can reboot my Xserve, and wait until Apple figures this out.
Full com.apple.hwmond.plist on my Xserve looks like this now:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>com.apple.hwmond</string>
          <key>OnDemand</key>
          <false/>
          <key>Program</key>
          <string>/usr/sbin/hwmond</string>
          <key>ProgramArguments</key>
          <array>
                    <string>hwmond</string>
                    <string>-s255</string>
          </array>
          <key>ServiceIPC</key>
          <false/>
          <key>Disabled</key>
          <true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Edit: I too have filed a bug report with a link to this thread included.
Second Edit: Server Monitor.app still works after disabling hwmond via the plist even after a reboot.
Third Edit: Sorry, keep remembering things, a modified /usr/sbin/hwmond was included the 10.6.8 Server Combo Update package, but not the Delta. Not sure if this matters. How has everyone updated to 10.6.8 so far? Like I mentioned, I used the Combo.

Problem... High CPU load with HDD. Please Help

Hello all,
Im stuck. Ive got a MSI KA790GX which has poor HDD access/transfer, low burst rate and very high CPU load.
As far as i know the Western Digital 640gb WD6401AALS Black should be a fast hard drive. Which according to reviews/HD Tune,
should be:-
Minimum 60mb/sec
Maximum 120mb/sec
Average 95mb/sec
Access 12ms
Burst 110mb/sec
CPU 5%
No matter what I try, i always get poor results...
My MSI KA790GX
Minimum 41mb/sec ~ 54mb/sec
Maximum 104mb/sec ~ 108mb/sec
Average 86mb/sec ~89mb/sec
Access 12ms
Burst 60mb/sec ~ 80mb/sec
CPU 26% ~ 44%!!!!!!!!
I could accept not getting the same high speed results as the review/reference, even if the burst rate sucked.
But one of the cores goes to 50%-60% load during hdd activity. Thats just crazy!!
I have tried...
IDE mode, AHCI, RAID Ready, RAID Single Disk
SATA Port 1, 2, 3, 4 + 5
Different SATA cables
Flashed bios, cleared bios, optimised defaults, failsafe defaults
Windows XP 32bit, Vista 32bit, Vista 64bit. fresh installs
MSI CD Drivers, MSI Web Drivers, AMD/ATI Web Drivers
... and combinations of.
I have also tested the WD640gb Black on another older PC, with Nvidia (55?) chipset and slower (1.9ghz x2) cpu.
Transfer rates were slightly better than my KA790GX but, Burst Rate = 115mb/sec and CPU usage = 13%.
I also tried a Seagate 1.5tb (ST31500341AS) on both PCs,
Nvidia chipset
Minimum 65mb/sec
Maximum 134mb/sec
Average 107mb/sec
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Burst 83mb/sec
CPU 7%
On my MSI KA790GX
Minimum 55mb/sec
Maximum 120mb/sec
Average 100mb/sec
Access 14ms
Burst 87mb/sec
CPU 33%!!!!
Could someone please please help, ive spent hours and hours on this. Its doin my head in.
I just hope its something stupid ive missed, cos i still not used my HD4850 from christmas :-(
Thanks.

Sm3K3R
Not sure how to check PIO/DMA mode on a SATA device. IDE devices show DMA enabled.
BIOS version 1.4 - 29 December 2008, and now version 1.51
Fredrik
I have Vista 64, but i did try XP32 and Vista32 and got similar poor results.
I tested HDD speed with, HD Tune 2.55 and HD Tune 3.50 trial.
No auto-start programs really, Windows clean installs + any drivers.
Quadrifoglio Verde
CPU @ default 2800mhz, All mem bios options to auto/defaults
Windows Experience Index, CPU Score = 5.3
AMD Overdrive
Integer Computation = 8220
Floating Point Computation = 5325
Memory speed = 1770
Cache Speed = 10790
System Performance = 7403
Bas
I used HDTune because I could reference to other results. Whats a better program to use?
Windows Experience Index, HDD Score = 5.9.
But I have no reference and cant be sure of cpu load.
Sepher
Bios defaults to C&C and C1E off so i have tried them. Also windows power settings, balanced/high performance.
UPDATE
Reinstalled Vista64 but loaded the AHCI driver from the disk config screen. This seems to have stopped the high cpu usage during disk activity.
HDTune with Windows Power settings @ High Performance,
Min = 52mb/sec
Max = 106mb/sec
Ave = 88mb/sec
Access = 12ms
Burst = 77mb/sec
CPU = 3.4%
HDTune with Windows Power settings @ Balanced
Min = 54mb/sec
Max = 104mb/sec
Ave = 87mb/sec
Access = 12ms
Burst = 65mb/sec
CPU = 12%
So now transfer speed is about 10% slower than reference. But burst speed is terrible.
I also used IBM Feature Tool to change the HDD AAM to 'performance mode' 254 as suggested elsewhere.
Long shot as the hdd performs ok with other hardware. same results.
Also MSI support asked me to try a newer bios, version 1.51. same results.
Anyone know what the AMD 7-Series Chipsets Disk Performance Utility does, and should i run it in Vista64?
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Adobe Reader 9.4-1 cause 100% CPU load on EL40 system

Hi,
when starting Adobe reader 9.4-1 on a Enterprise Linux 4 system the cpu load directly goes up to 100%
This happens on EL40 update 4, 5 & 8
I´m using gnome.
uname -a
Linux 2.6.9-89.0.0.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue May 19 04:23:49 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 8)
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Agent

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Today I noticed that Compiz eats up 10-30% of CPU load resulting in the CPU clock often go up to maximum. It might be related with the recent updates but it's not sure - maybe the problem appeared earlier and I just didn't notice it. Restarting Compiz doesn't help, restarting the whole system neither. Here's today's update:
[2012-07-05 09:24] upgraded libusb-compat (0.1.4-1 -> 0.1.4-2)
[2012-07-05 09:24] upgraded pambase (20120602-1 -> 20120701-1)
[2012-07-05 09:24] warning: /etc/pam.d/login installed as /etc/pam.d/login.pacnew
[2012-07-05 09:24] upgraded util-linux (2.21.2-1 -> 2.21.2-3)
[2012-07-05 09:24] upgraded shadow (4.1.5-4 -> 4.1.5.1-1)
[2012-07-05 09:24] upgraded xfce4-wavelan-plugin (0.5.10-3 -> 0.5.11-1)
[2012-07-05 09:24] upgraded xfce4-cpugraph-plugin (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.5-1)
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[2012-07-04 07:40] removed python-beautifulsoup (3.2.0-2)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded wpa_supplicant (0.7.3-5 -> 1.0-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded libldap (2.4.31-3 -> 2.4.31-4)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded links (2.6-1 -> 2.7-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded ppl (0.12.1-1 -> 1.0-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded run-parts (4.3.1-1 -> 4.3.2-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded gcc-libs (4.7.1-1 -> 4.7.1-3)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded gcc (4.7.1-1 -> 4.7.1-3)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded initscripts (2012.06.2-1 -> 2012.06.3-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded xfce4-fsguard-plugin (1.0.0-3 -> 1.0.1-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded xfce4-cpugraph-plugin (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded xfce4-diskperf-plugin (2.5.3-1 -> 2.5.4-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded python2-lxml (2.3.4-1 -> 2.3.4-2)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded xfce4-battery-plugin (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.5-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded xfce4-mpc-plugin (0.4.3-1 -> 0.4.4-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded gnutls (3.0.20-1 -> 3.0.21-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded xfce4-systemload-plugin (1.1.0-2 -> 1.1.1-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded libjpeg-turbo (1.2.0-2 -> 1.2.1-1)
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[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded calibre (0.8.58-1 -> 0.8.58-4)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded wine (1.5.7-1 -> 1.5.8-1)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.15-10 -> 2.15-11)
[2012-07-04 07:40] upgraded lib32-gcc-libs (4.7.1-1 -> 4.7.1-3)
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[2012-07-04 18:17] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-photon/PKGDEST.hNP/nosr-git-20120704-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2012-07-04 18:17] installed nosr-git (20120704-1)
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[2012-07-02 09:20] upgraded ca-certificates (20120212-1 -> 20120623-1)
[2012-07-02 09:20] upgraded perl-file-copy-recursive (0.38-1 -> 0.38-2)
[2012-07-02 09:20] upgraded libdrm (2.4.35-1 -> 2.4.37-1)
[2012-07-02 09:20] upgraded lib32-libdrm (2.4.35-1 -> 2.4.37-1)
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] PLEASE NOTE:
[2012-07-02 09:21] For these drivers to work, you must install kernel modules.
[2012-07-02 09:21] Depending on your kernel, these module packages are named
[2012-07-02 09:21] catalyst-$kernel and stock kernel module is catalyst
[2012-07-02 09:21]
[2012-07-02 09:21] OR simply use packages that provides auto re-compilation:
[2012-07-02 09:21] catalyst-hook or catalyst-daemon
[2012-07-02 09:21]
[2012-07-02 09:21] OR use catalyst-generator package to generate catalyst-{kernver}
[2012-07-02 09:21] packages
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] You can use the tool 'aticonfig' to generate an xorg.conf file.
[2012-07-02 09:21] --------------------- ^^^^^^^^^ --------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] Add nomodeset to your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst , ie.:
[2012-07-02 09:21] kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda1 ro nomodeset
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] For more info and troubleshooting visit:
[2012-07-02 09:21] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] upgraded catalyst-utils (12.4-2 -> 12.6-1)
[2012-07-02 09:21] Building fglrx module for 3.3.6-1-ARCH kernel ...
[2012-07-02 09:21] Ok.
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] Automatic re-compilation is enabled now.
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] Answer 'Yes' whenever pacman ask you about updating
[2012-07-02 09:21] 'linux-headers' in first place
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] Provide headers to your kernel ie:
[2012-07-02 09:21] linux-headers if you are using linux.
[2012-07-02 09:21] Most of custom kernels provides own headers.
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] Add nomodeset to your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst , ie.:
[2012-07-02 09:21] kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda1 ro nomodeset
[2012-07-02 09:21] -------------------------------------------- ^^^^^^^^^ ---------
[2012-07-02 09:21] If experiencing problems with building module or using more than
[2012-07-02 09:21] one kernel use catalyst_build_module command as root, more info:
[2012-07-02 09:21] # catalyst_build_module help
[2012-07-02 09:21] - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ----------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] For more info and more troubleshooting visit:
[2012-07-02 09:21] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst
[2012-07-02 09:21] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-07-02 09:21] upgraded catalyst-hook (12.4-4 -> 12.6-1)
I must note, that I'm still running kernel 3.3.6-1 since later kernel versions make another problem: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142174
I'm using an AMD A4-3400 APU with Catalyst 12.6.
Thanks for any hints,
PhotonX
Last edited by PhotonX (2012-07-24 07:25:40)

Here some debug output:
$ compiz --replace --debug --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libcore.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /usr/lib/compiz/libcore.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libccp.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libdbus.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libvpswitch.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libresize.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libmousepoll.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libregex.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libdecoration.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libcrashhandler.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libannotate.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libtext.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libgnomecompat.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libplace.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libwobbly.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libmaximumize.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libresizeinfo.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libthumbnail.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libshift.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libobs.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libanimation.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libfade.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libanimationaddon.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libmove.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libopacify.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libcube.so : No such file or directory
compiz (cube) - Warn: Failed to load slide: freedesktop
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libscale.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/librotate.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/lib3d.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libscaleaddon.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libcubeaddon.so : No such file or directory
compiz (cubeaddon) - Warn: Failed to load image: fusioncap.png
compiz (cubeaddon) - Warn: Failed to load image: compizcap.png
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libexpo.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libezoom.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libstaticswitcher.so : No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/photon/.compiz/plugins/libbench.so : No such file or directory

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