[SOLVED] chrome / chromium high gpu usage leads to overheating laptop

My laptop overheated a few times recently due to high gpu temperature. Tried different drivers (nouveau and nvidia) and kernel and that didn't help. So, today when it started heating up I went through the options in chrome:/flags in chromium to disable all gpu accelerated options I could find (hardware acceleration was already disabled). Then I noticed in the task manager that the gpu process was still there (also it was still getting hot). So, I went through all the switches for chromium and started it like this:
chromium --diable-gpu --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-jpeg-decoding --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu-program-cache --disable-gpu-rasterization --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache --disable-gpu-vsync --disable-one-copy --disable-threaded-compositing --disable-threaded-animation
and now the cpu heats up a little but that is throttled through thermald so no big deal there. No gpu process anymore in the built in task manager for chromium.
Has anyone else experienced this issue or have any different ideas? Is there a way to throttle gpu based on temperature for nvidia cards? I have some new thermal paste coming and got some compressed air to clean out my machine and then reapply the paste (probably needed to be done anyways). Just curious if anyone else had any alternate thoughts or if maybe it was just a couple things I could disable in chromium instead of everything. I noticed it heats up a lot when viewing long pages with lots of images especially.
Edit: The card is a Nvidia GTX560M. I just tried nouveau and messing around with some variables for temperature threshold in /sys/ but it didn't seem to help (I don't think my gpu fan is that compatible anyways).
Update: The only option needed to get rid of GPU Process tab is "--disable-gpu-compositing"
Last edited by dodo3773 (2015-02-13 19:49:39)

soldier1184 wrote:your card is highly compatible ( mine is a GTX260 ) an currently on the nvidia 340.76 driver an i have it set graphically an with widgets to set or unset the GPU / CPU load with thermald so go into your settings for thermal an cpufreq settings an there will be a file (s) to change ( BACK UP FILES FIRST ) an search on the wiki or google for a GPU control program to help with the throttling post back an let me know
I do not entirely understand your post. I have looked into throttling gpu. I think in order to underclock and manipulate these settings coolbits needs to be set to 8 is what I am reading. Will post back when I find out more.
Edit: Enabled coolbits and tried changing clock speed but when I hit enter screen just blacked out. Guess I'll just leave gpu off for chromium.
Edit: Cleaned out computer and replaced thermal paste and no more heat issues.
Last edited by dodo3773 (2015-02-13 19:49:16)

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278 root 20 0 26120 452 448 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 systemd-logind
280 dbus 20 0 18040 1040 484 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.16 dbus-daemon
293 root 20 0 8156 32 28 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 agetty
294 root 20 0 22416 304 304 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kdm
311 root 20 0 32332 52 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.10 wpa_supplicant
314 root 20 0 4252 44 28 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.61 acpid
363 root 20 0 233544 396 396 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.12 colord
370 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 firegl
371 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 firegl
372 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 firegl
379 root 20 0 8612 60 16 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 dhcpcd
462 redac 20 0 15212 68 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.37 gpg-agent
465 redac 20 0 12680 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ssh-agent
504 root 20 0 229584 440 284 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 upowerd
507 polkitd 20 0 506832 916 700 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.09 polkitd
563 root 20 0 355656 1804 1044 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.50 udisksd
628 redac 20 0 2397180 17068 2004 S 0.0 0.2 0:04.86 mysqld
796 rtkit 21 1 168664 372 360 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.34 rtkit-daemon
873 pdnsd 20 0 172532 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdnsd
874 tor 20 0 49952 20556 2152 S 0.0 0.3 0:05.89 tor
1884 root 20 0 361452 118644 105076 S 0.0 1.5 1:21.43 X
1895 root 20 0 75048 660 656 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kdm
1903 redac 20 0 13736 412 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 startkde
1912 redac 20 0 18016 324 320 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 dbus-launch
1913 redac 20 0 19220 1604 564 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.50 dbus-daemon
1959 redac 20 0 12680 52 48 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ssh-agent
1976 root 20 0 4080 40 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 start_kdeinit
1977 redac 20 0 343772 1976 1420 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.07 kdeinit4
1978 redac 20 0 348392 2680 1824 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 klauncher
1980 redac 20 0 1262136 5352 3596 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.48 kded4
1991 redac 20 0 430604 4032 2840 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.11 kglobalaccel
1995 redac 20 0 694524 3020 2520 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.10 kactivitymanage
2000 redac 20 0 4216 44 44 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kwrapper4
2001 redac 20 0 516344 3224 2300 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.10 ksmserver
2009 redac 20 0 422056 19640 15244 S 0.0 0.2 0:23.69 compiz
2012 redac 20 0 388168 7692 4544 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.26 emerald
2023 redac 20 0 280300 2500 2160 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 kuiserver
2025 redac 20 0 154132 1848 1344 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 akonadi_control
2027 redac 20 0 1949412 1984 1592 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.33 akonadiserver
2059 redac 20 0 346680 1408 1020 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 kio_http_cache_
2062 redac 20 0 769220 4932 3436 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.00 krunner
2071 redac 20 0 603092 4484 3132 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.16 kmix
2073 redac 20 0 285208 2680 2352 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 nepomukcontroll
2074 redac 20 0 359260 3148 2864 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.25 gtk-kde4
2077 redac 20 0 309608 2468 2220 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 akonadi_agent_l
2078 redac 20 0 309512 2332 2140 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 akonadi_agent_l
2079 redac 20 0 309496 2564 2336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 akonadi_agent_l
2080 redac 20 0 309608 2476 2224 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 akonadi_agent_l
2081 redac 20 0 549804 3236 2480 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.13 akonadi_archive
2082 redac 20 0 303140 2480 2276 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 akonadi_agent_l
2083 redac 20 0 305600 2516 2300 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 akonadi_agent_l
2084 redac 20 0 314988 4144 3156 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.12 akonadi_imap_re
2099 redac 20 0 430912 15668 9912 S 0.0 0.2 0:09.39 yakuake
2100 redac 20 0 309676 2560 2308 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 akonadi_agent_l
2101 redac 20 0 339400 2860 2468 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.09 akonadi_maildis
2102 redac 20 0 549820 2828 2504 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.13 akonadi_mailfil
2103 redac 20 0 314052 2924 2508 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.09 akonadi_nepomuk
2115 redac 20 0 303056 2428 2240 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 akonadi_agent_l
2132 redac 20 0 2011628 14200 5716 S 0.0 0.2 0:18.21 ktorrent
2158 redac 20 0 15972 836 520 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 bash
2161 redac 20 0 1040928 6484 3060 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.53 knotify4
2162 redac 20 0 1962616 484928 23072 S 0.0 5.9 2:06.25 firefox
2176 redac 20 0 13732 344 340 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rssowl
2178 redac 20 0 11344 404 404 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 RSSOwl
2193 redac 20 0 374420 2764 2516 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 polkit-kde-auth
2195 redac 20 0 3314212 140484 13196 S 0.0 1.7 0:24.29 java
2203 redac 9 -11 308256 2424 912 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.36 pulseaudio
2209 redac 20 0 406420 3544 2720 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.08 korgac
2233 redac 20 0 69156 420 420 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 gconf-helper
2235 redac 20 0 45676 836 564 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 gconfd-2
2236 redac 20 0 438044 4468 3128 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.13 klipper
2322 redac 20 0 193052 944 740 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 gvfsd
2336 redac 20 0 282112 644 644 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 gvfsd-fuse
2361 redac 20 0 263576 572 572 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 at-spi-bus-laun
2436 redac 20 0 3188512 61188 19352 S 0.0 0.7 0:16.98 plasma-desktop
2441 redac 20 0 9828 784 520 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.06 ksysguardd
2832 redac 20 0 15580 1240 784 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.93 top
2867 redac 20 0 15972 1796 1160 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 bash
2937 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 kworker/2:1
2938 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/3:1
3336 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.25 kworker/u8:2
3643 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/u8:1
3662 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 kworker/0:1
3703 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/0:0
3704 redac 20 0 15456 1308 992 R 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 top
32506 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.57 kworker/0:2
I wouldn't expect the '%MEM's to add up to exactly the real usage, but this isn't even close! So, what could be using up all of my memory? I have /tmp mounted to ram, but that's only a few megabytes. I really have no idea where to go from here.
The relevant portion of my pacman log is below, since I don't know how to get just a compact list of the updated packages. Most notably, the kernel was upgrades, from 3.9.9-1 to 3.10.3-1.
[2013-08-03 13:00] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Su'
[2013-08-03 13:00] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded a52dec (0.7.4-6 -> 0.7.4-7)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libmariadbclient (5.5.31-1 -> 5.5.32-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded mariadb-clients (5.5.31-1 -> 5.5.32-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded mariadb (5.5.31-1 -> 5.5.32-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded akonadi (1.10.0-2 -> 1.10.2-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded alsa-plugins (1.0.27-1 -> 1.0.27-2)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded alsa-utils (1.0.27.1-2 -> 1.0.27.2-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded x264 (20130206-1 -> 20130702-2)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded ffmpeg (1:1.2.1-1 -> 1:2.0-2)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded amarok (2.7.1-2 -> 2.7.1-3)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded anki (2.0.11-1 -> 2.0.12-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded apr (1.4.6-1 -> 1.4.8-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded glib2 (2.36.3-2 -> 2.36.3-3)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM] warning: /usr/lib/avahi/service-types.db installed as /usr/lib/avahi/service-types.db.pacnew
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded avahi (0.6.31-9 -> 0.6.31-10)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded bison (2.7.1-1 -> 3.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ---------------- I/O BUG ---------------------------------------
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] There's a bug in fglrx found by lano1106 which generates
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] great amount of unneeded I/O operations
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] To activate workaround enable systemd service:
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] systemctl enable temp-links-catalyst
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] systemctl start temp-links-catalyst
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] More infos:
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1279977#p1279977
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1280193#p1280193
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded catalyst-utils (13.6-3 -> 13.8-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] + removing fglrx module from /usr/lib/modules/3.9.9-1-ARCH
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Building fglrx module for 3.9.9-1-ARCH kernel ...
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Ok.
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ATTENTION!
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] To enable 'automatic re-compilation while system shutdown/reboot'
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] testing feature run these commands as root:
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] systemctl enable catalyst-hook
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] systemctl start catalyst-hook
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] More info here:
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1255575#p1255575
[2013-08-03 13:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded catalyst-hook (13.6-3 -> 13.8-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded chromaprint (0.7-5 -> 0.7-6)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded nspr (4.9.6-1 -> 4.10-2)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded nss (3.14.3-3 -> 3.15.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded xdg-utils (1.1.0.git20121008-2 -> 1.1.0.git20130520-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libgcrypt (1.5.2-1 -> 1.5.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libpng (1.6.2-3 -> 1.6.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded xcb-proto (1.8-1 -> 1.8-2)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libxcb (1.9.1-1 -> 1.9.1-2)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libx11 (1.6.0-1 -> 1.6.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded giflib (4.2.1-3 -> 5.0.4-2)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libwebp (0.3.1-2 -> 0.3.1-3)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded harfbuzz (0.9.18-1 -> 0.9.19-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded harfbuzz-icu (0.9.18-1 -> 0.9.19-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (28.0.1500.71-1 -> 28.0.1500.95-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded glew (1.9.0-2 -> 1.10.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:38] [PACMAN] upgraded projectm (2.1.0-5 -> 2.1.0-6)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded clementine (1.1.1-8 -> 1.1.1-9)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded cln (1.3.2-1 -> 1.3.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer (1.0.8-1 -> 1.0.9-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gst-plugins-base-libs (1.0.8-1 -> 1.0.9-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gst-plugins-bad (1.0.8-1 -> 1.0.9-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded clutter-gst (2.0.4-2 -> 2.0.6-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded colord (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.2-2)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded cracklib (2.8.22-3 -> 2.9.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (5.6.8-3 -> 6.0.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded dosfstools (3.0.20-1 -> 3.0.22-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-glew (1.9.0-1 -> 1.10.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [ALPM] warning: directory permissions differ on /opt/df_linux/
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded dwarffortress (0.34.11-3 -> 0.34.11-4)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded jre7-openjdk-headless (7.u40_2.4.1-1 -> 7.u40_2.4.1-2)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded jre7-openjdk (7.u40_2.4.1-1 -> 7.u40_2.4.1-2)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded jdk7-openjdk (7.u40_2.4.1-1 -> 7.u40_2.4.1-2)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded eclipse (4.2.2-1 -> 4.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded emacs (24.3-2 -> 24.3-3)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded exempi (2.2.0-1 -> 2.2.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded fontforge (20120731_b-3 -> 20120731_b-6)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded fuse (2.9.2-3 -> 2.9.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gegl (0.2.0-8 -> 0.2.0-9)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded git (1.8.3.3-1 -> 1.8.3.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded glib (1.2.10-9 -> 1.2.10-10)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded glib-perl (1.280-3 -> 1.301-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded glpk (4.48-1 -> 4.52-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gnash-common (0.8.10-9 -> 0.8.10-10)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded ibus (1.5.2-2 -> 1.5.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gnome-settings-daemon (3.8.3-2 -> 3.8.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded libqmi (1.4.0-1 -> 1.4.0-2)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded libmbim (1.2.0-1 -> 1.4.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded modemmanager (0.7.991-1 -> 1.0.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gnome-control-center (3.8.3-1 -> 3.8.4.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gnome-icon-theme (3.8.2-1 -> 3.8.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gnutls (3.2.1-1 -> 3.2.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded gnome-vfs (2.24.4-6 -> 2.24.4-7)
[2013-08-03 13:39] [PACMAN] upgraded goffice (0.10.3-1 -> 0.10.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded gnumeric (1.12.3-1 -> 1.12.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded gst-plugins-base (1.0.8-1 -> 1.0.9-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded gst-plugins-good (1.0.8-1 -> 1.0.9-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly (0.10.19-5 -> 0.10.19-6)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (0.10.19-5 -> 0.10.19-6)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM] warning: directory permissions differ on /var/log/hp/
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded hplip (3.13.6-1 -> 3.13.7-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded idnkit (1.0-2 -> 1.0-3)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded ilmbase (2.0.0-1 -> 2.0.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded imlib2 (1.4.5-4 -> 1.4.5-5)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded iso-codes (3.43-1 -> 3.44-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded openexr (2.0.0-1 -> 2.0.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded media-player-info (17-1 -> 19-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded qtwebkit (2.3.1-2 -> 2.3.2-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdelibs (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-filesharing (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-kdnssd (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-kget (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-kopete (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-kppp (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-krdc (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-krfb (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded kid3 (2.3-1 -> 2.3-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] lib32-catalyst-utils works with [multilib] repository
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ----------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-catalyst-utils (13.6-1 -> 13.8-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-libx11 (1.6.0-1 -> 1.6.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-giflib (4.2.1-1 -> 5.0.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-gnutls (3.2.1-1 -> 3.2.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-harfbuzz (0.9.18-1 -> 0.9.19-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-libgcrypt (1.5.2-1 -> 1.5.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded libpciaccess (0.13.1-1 -> 0.13.2-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-libpciaccess (0.13.1-1 -> 0.13.2-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-libpng (1.6.2-1 -> 1.6.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (9.1.4-5 -> 9.1.6-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa (9.1.4-1 -> 9.1.6-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-nspr (4.9.6-1 -> 4.10-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-nss (3.14.3-2 -> 3.15.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded libdatrie (0.2.5-1 -> 0.2.6-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded libgdiplus (2.10-4 -> 2.10.9-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded libthai (0.1.18-1 -> 0.1.19-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded libusbx (1.0.15-1 -> 1.0.16-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded libxfont (1.4.5-1 -> 1.4.6-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-firmware (20130610-1 -> 20130725-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded mkinitcpio-busybox (1.20.2-1 -> 1.21.1-2)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.14.0-1 -> 0.15.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.3-1-ARCH
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'pata' is deprecated. Replace it with 'block' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'scsi' is deprecated. Replace it with 'block' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'sata' is deprecated. Replace it with 'block' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'usbinput' is deprecated. Replace it with 'keyboard' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fglrx]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Building fglrx module for 3.10.3-1-ARCH kernel ...
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Failed!!! Check out log: /var/log/catalyst-install.log
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] - /usr/lib/modules/3.9.9-1-ARCH looks like unused, maybe remove it manualy?
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.3-1-ARCH
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'pata' is deprecated. Replace it with 'block' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'scsi' is deprecated. Replace it with 'block' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'sata' is deprecated. Replace it with 'block' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Hook 'usbinput' is deprecated. Replace it with 'keyboard' in your config
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fglrx]
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Building fglrx module for 3.10.3-1-ARCH kernel ...
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Failed!!! Check out log: /var/log/catalyst-install.log
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] - /usr/lib/modules/3.9.9-1-ARCH looks like unused, maybe remove it manualy?
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2013-08-03 13:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.9.9-1 -> 3.10.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-docs (3.9.9-1 -> 3.10.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-headers (3.9.9-1 -> 3.10.3-1)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded lirc-utils (1:0.9.0-49 -> 1:0.9.0-52)
[2013-08-03 13:40] [PACMAN] upgraded mediastreamer (2.9.0-1 -> 2.9.0-3)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded meld (1.7.3-1 -> 1.7.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded mencoder (36285-1 -> 36285-3)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded mercurial (2.6.3-1 -> 2.7-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded mplayer (36285-1 -> 36285-3)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded nepomuk-core (4.10.5-1 -> 4.10.5-2)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded netctl (1.1-1 -> 1.2-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded nfs-utils (1.2.8-8 -> 1.2.8-9)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded pcsx2 (1.0.0-5 -> 1.0.0-6)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded rosegarden (13.04-1 -> 13.06-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded soundkonverter (2.0.3-1 -> 2.0.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded subversion (1.8.0-1 -> 1.8.1-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded syslinux (4.06-2 -> 4.07-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded telepathy-glib (0.20.2-1 -> 0.20.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://../texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Done.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] recreating all formats...warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://../texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://../texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://../texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/bin/fmtutil: line 395: /texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] done.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] (logs are under /var/lib/texmf/web2c/<engine>/<formatname>.log)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded texlive-bin (2012.0-13 -> 2013.30973-2)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM] warning: /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat installed as /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat.pacnew
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM] warning: /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.def installed as /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.def.pacnew
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM] warning: /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg installed as /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg.pacnew
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM] warning: /etc/texmf/chktex/chktexrc installed as /etc/texmf/chktex/chktexrc.pacnew
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM] warning: /etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf installed as /etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf.pacnew
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM] warning: /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf installed as /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.pacnew
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> texlive: saving updmap.cfg as /tmp/tmp.4WfV4vnjxi...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> texlive: regenerating updmap.cfg (custom additions should go
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] into /etc/texmf/web2c/updmap-local.cfg
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf-dist/ls-R...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Done.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> texlive: updating the fontmap files with updmap...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] updmap: resetting $HOME value (was /home/redac) to root's actual home (/root).
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] done.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> texlive: recreating all formats...
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/bin/fmtutil: line 395: /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] done.
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] (logs are under /var/lib/texmf/web2c/<engine>/<formatname>.log)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] NB: To setup ConTeXt and the lua(la)tex font db,
[2013-08-03 13:41] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] see http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TeX_Live
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded texlive-core (2012.29661-1 -> 2013.30962-2)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded transcode (1.1.7-9 -> 1.1.7-10)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded twisted (13.0.0-1 -> 13.1.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded videoproto (2.3.1-2 -> 2.3.2-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded virtuoso-base (6.1.6-2 -> 6.1.7-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] upgraded virtuoso (6.1.6-2 -> 6.1.7-1)
[2013-08-03 13:41] [PACMAN] installed ffmpeg-compat (1:0.10.8-4)
[2013-08-03 13:42] [PACMAN] upgraded vlc (2.0.7-2 -> 2.0.8.a-1)
[2013-08-03 13:42] [PACMAN] upgraded webkitgtk (2.0.3-1 -> 2.0.4-1)
[2013-08-03 13:42] [PACMAN] upgraded wine (1.6rc5-1 -> 1.7.0-1)
[2013-08-03 13:42] [PACMAN] upgraded xorg-iceauth (1.0.5-1 -> 1.0.6-1)
[2013-08-03 13:42] [PACMAN] upgraded youtube-dl (2013.07.17.1-1 -> 2013.07.25.2-1)

Okay, so it turns out that this was caused by the Catalyst bug described in this post. Reverting to the 13.6 version solved the problem. Lesson learned: if there's a ton of memory being used that isn't owned by a running process, start looking for bug reports involving drivers. Especially drivers known for being, well, pretty bad. Was there any method I could have used that would have told me that Catalyst was using all my ram, or is kernel-space memory usage pretty much a black box?
Last edited by Chaotechnician (2013-08-08 00:10:43)

High CPU usage while buffering a video

I have a high CPU usage (over 40%) while only buffering this video.
IE10pre1
Firefox Nightly 20121229, protected mode enabled
Firefox Nightly 20121229, protected mode disabled
Opera Next
Chrome Canary
a) open this url: http://www.wimp.com/marsearth/
b) pause the video if it starts automatically
c) use task manager or process explorer to view the cpu/gpu usage
reproducible: mostly
Windows 7 SP1
Flash Player 11.6.602.108 / HWA enabled
TestPC: Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro; AMD Athlon 64 Venice 3200+; 2x 1GB MDT DDR-400-CL2; Club3D HD4670 AGP; Samsung HD103SJ, SyncMaster 204BM

While we're aware of the issue, there's not much we can do about it. The modern security realities facing web browsers have made sandboxing a necessity.
There's a good explanation of what's happening here: http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html
Long story short, each video packet has to be passed from the browser to a medium-integrity broker process, then to the low-integrity flash player process for rendering. If an attacker manages to hijack the Flash Player thread, the process is low-integrity, which prevents the attacker from doing much with it. While it's not an absolute guarantee (nothing in security is), it raises the bar significantly for attackers.
The downside is that all of that extra message-passing consumes CPU cycles, especially if you're trying to fill an exceptionally large buffer as fast as possible. There's not a lot of opportunity to optimize this.
If you're fine with the risk, you can manually disable ProtectedMode on your machine. If you're only dealing with trusted sites, and you're not doing anything critical with the machine (work, banking, etc), then it's probably not a huge deal.
Ultimately, ProtectedMode is like a vaccine -- it's a herd-immunity thing. If the majority of people run it, exploits targeting machines without it are inconsistent and probably not worth pursuing when you look at the effort involved in developing an end-to-end exploit. If a large number of people disable it, it becomes economically attractive for people building botnets, and you'll have a problem if you're not using it.
To disable Protected Mode, add the following line to your mms.cfg file located in:
Windows 32bit: C:\windows\system32\macromed\flash
Windows 64bit: C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash
ProtectedMode=0
If the mms.cfg file does not exist, create one using any standard text editor (e.g.. notepad)
Depending on your operating system, you might need to first save the mms.cfg file to a writable location (such as your documents or desktop folder) and then copy the file into the destination folder using Windows Explorer.
To re-enable Protected Mode, simply remove the line from the mms.cfg file.

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