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Xorg and compiz using 20% of CPU

I'm not doing anything in particular but Xorg is currently using 8-15% of my CPU and Compiz is using 5-15% as well. I have 4 virtual desktops (aka workspaces) and like 10 windows open but I see no ...
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Only wallpaper visible after ATI driver installation

I have the ATI (AMD) HD7870 graphic card and I had just installed Ubuntu. With the Open Source drivers the desktop works fine; however, since I have a newer card, I'd like the proprietary drivers ...
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Taking screenshots of all (or specific) virtual desktops/workspaces (or: windows beyond/larger than current desktop)?

I often need to take screenshots of windows that are larger than the currently shown desktop. I'm on Ubuntu 11.04, gnome-about says Version: 2.32.1; compiz --version says Compiz 0.9.4.0 -- and I have ...
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XBMC using a lot of CPU when fullscreen

I'm just starting to try out XBMC (from the ubuntu repo) and noticed that it's using a lot of CPU when running fullscreen, even when I'm not playing a movie. There's a definite lag even on the home ...
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Falied installing ATI X.Org binary driver!! (ATI Radeon HD 5400)

The open source driver worked well with the fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04, but it drains my laptop battery faster. So I installed the proprietary driver from jockey-gtk. It gave me this error ...
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How to determine what applications affect xorg/compiz load

Is there a way to tell which application causes huge cpu usage and huge load for xorg and compiz processes?
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Compiz does not work with proprietary nvidia driver

I have a ThinkPad T420 with an NVidia Quadro video card. It crashes constantly when I close this lid (if you are curious..) and I suspect on a problem with nouveau drivers, so I installed the ...
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ubuntu 12.04 returns to login screen on resume from suspend. Is there a fix?

When I resume from a suspend, Ubuntu 12.04 will come back ok for about 10 seconds, and then the screen blanks out. After about another second or so, it returns to the login screen for Unity 2d. It ...
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Boot fails after showing ubuntu screen and just sits on screen showing [OK]. Tried removing fglrx but still can't get it to go

Just all the sudden compiz failed and I couldn't get it to relauch so I rebooted the system. Ever since, after the Ubuntu login screen (with 5 round circles in the middle. It just goes to the next ...
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gtk-window-decorator crashes [closed]

I have Ubuntu 12.04 with all updates. Several days ago on my system program gtk-window-decorator crashes few times in a day. Error message: The program 'gtk-window-decorator' received an X Window ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 with ATI proprietary driver packages (fglrx, fglrx-amdcccle) Dual Head Configuration - Compiz fails to load for second Screen

I have an Radeon HD5XXX Graphics Card in a Desktop PC. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 (this is NOT a dist-upgrade). First i configured my Dual Head Configuration (2 Screens, left one 1920x1080, right one ...
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Unable to move windows to second screen

Hooked up a second screen to the second connector of my nVidia card, set it up with nvidia-settings and it started showing my background correctly. The X display works correctly (i.e. DISPLAY=:0.1 ...
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How can I operate on the active X display using a command in the console?

I have problems where compiz freezes and I have to switch to another console(ctrl+alt+F1) to restart. But it would be easier if I could just do "$ compiz --replace" in the other console and not have ...
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Compiz crashes after login

after I log-in into Unity, compiz effects are disabled and it says compiz crashes. Restart of them usually works, but not every time. After restart of compiz, compiz works without problems, every ...
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Poor Xorg Intel GM45 Performance after 12.04 Upgrade

Just upgraded to 12.04 and my video performance feels a lot worse. Running an Intel GM45 with dual 1280x1900 screens. When I switch to a single screen performance is much better. This was the same ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 Nvidia TwinView display error / Flash video playback lag

I am running Ubuntu 11.10 with '2' Nvidia GTS-250 GPU's. I am trying to get TwinView to work. Currently I have everything working as far as both screens are on and I can drag between them and use ...
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Slow maximize speed with Compiz [closed]

I have Linux Mint and I perfomed a huge system upgrade today. And a problem occured - window maximization takes a few seconds which is terrible. I used to fix it with this patch but I have the system ...
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Black blocks and lines on screen

I often get lines and blocks on screen. Some of them disappear after scrolling application window back and forth, but some of them don't. Seems like something is wrong with screen refresh or compiz ...
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xorg freeze on Thinkpad x220 [closed]

sorry, I could neither find the place where to report this bug, nor understand whether to report this bug at all. Therefore I ask it here: Since I received my X220 three month ago I use ubuntu 11.04 ...
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Where's xorg.conf? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where is the X.org config file? How do I configure X there? I'm trying to force 1600x900 on my old HP dc5000 with an integrated Intel 82865g GPU running Ubuntu 11.10 ...
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How do I get rid of this monitor error?

I have an Nvidia card and two monitors. Every time I log in to Unity on Ubuntu 11.10, I get this error: "Could not apply the stored configuration for monitors" I have tried opening ...
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Compiz animations jittery with an ATI Radeon HD 6520G [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Performance being really choppy with ATI drivers I have Ubuntu 11.10 64bit installed on a machine with an AMD A6-3400M CPU, and a Radeon HD 6520G card. For some reason ...
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How can I toggle between single and dual monitor setup?

I have two monitors working just right with nvidia driver. There are times, however, where I want to have just one monitor and other times where I need two: I must open NVidia XServer Settings, go to ...
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Fix Mobility Radeon Graphics in Ubuntu 11.04 [until now] [closed]

Is there some things to fix mobility AMD Radeon HD3xxx series in Ubuntu 11.04 ?? Until now, i've been updated my system using Kernel 2.6.39-11 and Catalyst 11.7 but Graphics Effects sill running ugly ...
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Unity / Compiz problem after update from Xorg ppa

After update from Xorg ppa (ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa) I have many problems with Unity Shell / Compiz. Preview of moving icons is broken and GTK theme of unselected windows breaks. Video: ...
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X freezes every couple of hours. Compiz “segfault at 58” error 4 in libnvidia-glcore.so [closed]

My display freezes every few hours. My wallpaper color depth appears to reduce before the crashes. I have two monitors with a Nvidia graphics card with the Nvidia binary driver. after the crashes ...
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Why is Xorg taking up so much memory and CPU?

I recently reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04 Natty after a massive hard drive failure. Now, for some reason, compiz and Xorg decide it's a fun idea to start eating up my RAM and CPU - GB by GB. Starts out at ...
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How do I recover when Compiz crashes?

Often compiz will crash and leave the keyboard useless. Normally I drop to the console and restart GDM. Is there a solution where I can start Compiz back up without losing everything in the current ...
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Is this CPU usage normal for Xorg?

I checked System Monitor to see if the frequency of my CPU increases without doing anything and saw that xorg is always using 10-40% of the CPU even if it's not doing much of anything on the desktop ...
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X breaks after installing compiz [closed]

I tried to install compiz after upgrading to 11.04. Now X doesn't work anymore and I can't replace compiz with metacity, because I'm not able to launch X. I restarted in recovery mode, but I'm not ...
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I'd like to prevent maximize from covering one third of the screen

Using Ubuntu 10.10, gnome, and dual nvidia monitors. Gnome panels and docky are able to "reserve" part of the screen for themselves in such a way as to prevent maximized windows from covering them ...
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Reducing brightness of large areas containing bright colours [closed]

I do most of my work in either a terminal or a web browser. I prefer my terminals to use bright colours on dark. I would really prefer that web pages tended to look this way as well, but that's not ...
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How to make Conky text semitransparent?

Okay, before you ask me to RTFM, I'll show you a screenshot, and describe my situation: Screenshot This is what I want to get. The screenshot above shows (semitransparent) Conky, but the ...
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Enable compiz on intel core i5 (Nvidia GT330M) based laptop

I am trying to enable compiz on my laptop via Desktop Effects but it does not allow it. I modified the xorg.conf file as on the compiz wiki but still no luck. So can someone just tell me how to ...