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Old 01-02-2017, 07:58 PM   #1
mapastr
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Exclamation Crazy CPU Usage with Dell XPS 13 and Ubuntu 16.04

I got the Dell D1000 "docking" station and I installed the DisplayLink drivers for Ubuntu to make the two video outputs work. The outputs work but the CPU usage is crazy, between 25% and 75% in a system with 4 CPUs and the external displays are lagging, there is a delay of some milliseconds between one frame and the other, in particular under heavy usage. The system is barely usable and I wonder what should I do to improve the situation. My laptop is the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 16.04 stock (with Unity) except for the kernel that is the 4.8.0-30-generic. What can I do?
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Old 01-03-2017, 11:35 AM   #2
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I got the Dell D1000 "docking" station and I installed the DisplayLink drivers for Ubuntu to make the two video outputs work. The outputs work but the CPU usage is crazy, between 25% and 75% in a system with 4 CPUs and the external displays are lagging, there is a delay of some milliseconds between one frame and the other, in particular under heavy usage. The system is barely usable and I wonder what should I do to improve the situation. My laptop is the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 16.04 stock (with Unity) except for the kernel that is the 4.8.0-30-generic. What can I do?
I have the same issue and the workaround I am using is to disable unity and use metacity instead. Then the CPU usage goes down a lot.
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Old 01-08-2017, 09:23 PM   #3
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Same for me.
Ubuntu-mate 16.10
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