high cpu usage

[Alfredo Quesada Sánchez]

More information:
- Problem is there even if i use raster. This makes me think if it's really related to a GPU driver problem or not.
- The error output in debug mode when using raster can be found here for a month http://pastebin.ca/1964442, but seems to be normal.
- This test was executed will all scripts disabled (valgrind's output had "per-song volume" and "lyricwiki" enabled (i just had removed the lyrics miniapp/plasmoid).
- The problem always appears in a track change (i usually do a lot of them with the global shortcut). Sooner or later (don't know the exact 

--- El mar, 12/10/10, Alfredo Quesada Sánchez <freddy2_es at yahoo.com> escribió:

> De: Alfredo Quesada Sánchez <freddy2_es at yahoo.com>
> Asunto: high cpu usage
> Para: amarok at kde.org
> Fecha: martes, 12 de octubre, 2010 17:07
> Hi
> 
> After a comment from lfranchi I'm sending here the
> information I've got about a problem with amarok.
> 
> The problem:
> 
> Amarok CPU usage goes from the usual values (let's say.. 1
> or 2%) to a far higher one (in my Q9300 PC it's around 55%).
> At the same time Xorg also is using more CPU than usual,
> near 60% or even higher. If I kill/close amarok then Xorg
> also goes to a normal level.
> At this point the menus don't work (it looks like the menu
> is opened and closed too fast, so you can't use it at all).
> Besides right clicking on an album in the "albums" plasmoid
> just works the same way as left clicking (compact/expand the
> album), that is, no popup.
> 
> Other things do work properly, such as global shortcuts,
> play/stop/.. buttons, and so on.
> 
> The use case:
> 
> I just start amarok, in random mode, and let it be playing.
> Sometimes I use global shortcuts to play/pause/next, that's
> all. I have no external devices.
> 
> The info I've got:
> 
> I have attached 2 things:
> - A screenshot with the layout i use.
> - A zipped pack of files, which is the ouput of valgrind
> after having been profiling amarok with the command ->
> valgrind --tool=callgrind amarok -d
> 
> I don't have amarok's output. I did send it a few days ago
> to lfranchi and didn't find anything unexpected. If required
> I can run the profiling again.
> 
> My computer:
> 
> Of course I could say many things about it but, in terms of
> software, it's kubuntu 10.04 with kde 4.5.1 and amarok
> 2.3.2
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
>