Tag : cpu usage

Desktop Lag With CentOS7/Mate And High CPU Usage

Posted July 18, 2018 by James Pearson & filed under CentOS Comments: 5

Tags: cpu usage, high CPU usage, MATE, mouse pointer, moving windows, terminal windows, workstations

We have noticed significant desktop/UI lag on CentOS7 workstations using Mate when the CPU usage is high – i.e. the mouse pointer lags and moving windows (e.g. terminal windows) become jumpy (not smooth)We didnt see (or notice) this issue with CentOS6/Gnome2T..

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Firefox And D State

Posted September 20, 2017 by Michael Hennebry & filed under CentOS Comments: 6

Tags: cpu usage, firefox, kswap, seorp, Web Content

Previously when firefox went catatonic to the point that I could not even scroll, its CPU usage had gone to 100%+. Now top tells me that firefox, Web Content (with a space) or sometimes kswap… has process state D, uninterruptible sleep.Any suggesti..

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How To Limit Cpu Usage For Specified Processes

Posted September 7, 2016 by qw & filed under CentOS Comments: 2

Tags: cpu resource, cpu usage

Is there some tool or method in CentOS that can limit cpu usage to some percentage for specified processes that consume large cpu resource?I found cpulimit which is only able to limit one process. what I want is one tool that can limit several same proces..

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