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cpu is running at 100 all the time

Asked by Bob

 Looked at some of the answers to this question. did a top in the terminal at the top it is saying 91% si pw under the COMMAND line. whats is this? whats dose it do? can I turn this off? and if so how do I . sometime when I turn off the computer it will say unknown program still running. don't think that is a good sine ether.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#1

Under %CPU, top should show what process or processes is/are responsible for this. Can you copy the relevant lines and paste them here?

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#2

PI D USER PR NI VI RT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TI ME+ COMMAND
1299 root 20 0 90156 14m 1516 s 60.1 0.7 35:25,70 si pw
4135 oem 20 0 496m 190m 30m s 17.8 9.8 4:44,82 firefox- bin

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#3

PI D USER PR NI VI RT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TI ME+ COMMAND
1299 root 20 0 90156 14m 1516 s 60.1 0.7 35:25,70 si pw
4135 oem 20 0 496m 190m 30m s 17.8 9.8 4:44,82 firefox- bin

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#4

Please run "ps axfww" and post the output here. (There will probably be plenty of it, but you need only use http://paste.ubuntu.com if it's more than several hundred lines.)

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#5

Also: If you currently have any documents open with confidential or otherwise sensitive names (for example, if you're a doctor and you have a patient file open whose filename contains the patient's name), you should look through the output of that command before posting it--it might contain confidential information. Since you're using the oem user, I'm guessing you're customizing an OEM system, so I doubt that's the case, but it's better to be warned than sorry. ;-)

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#6

oem@freekbox:~$ ps axfww
  PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
    2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd]
    3 ? S 0:00 \_ [migration/0]
    4 ? S 0:00 \_ [ksoftirqd/0]
    5 ? S 0:00 \_ [watchdog/0]
    6 ? S 0:00 \_ [events/0]
    7 ? S 0:00 \_ [cpuset]
    8 ? S 0:00 \_ [khelper]
    9 ? S 0:00 \_ [netns]
   10 ? S 0:00 \_ [async/mgr]
   11 ? S 0:00 \_ [pm]
   12 ? S 0:00 \_ [sync_supers]
   13 ? S 0:00 \_ [bdi-default]
   14 ? S 0:00 \_ [kintegrityd/0]
   15 ? S 0:00 \_ [kblockd/0]
   16 ? S 0:00 \_ [kacpid]
   17 ? S 0:00 \_ [kacpi_notify]
   18 ? S 0:00 \_ [kacpi_hotplug]
   19 ? S 0:02 \_ [ata/0]
   20 ? S 0:00 \_ [ata_aux]
   21 ? S 0:00 \_ [ksuspend_usbd]
   22 ? S 0:00 \_ [khubd]
   23 ? S 0:00 \_ [kseriod]
   24 ? S 0:00 \_ [kmmcd]
   27 ? S 0:00 \_ [khungtaskd]
   28 ? S 0:00 \_ [kswapd0]
   29 ? SN 0:00 \_ [ksmd]
   30 ? S 0:00 \_ [aio/0]
   31 ? S 0:00 \_ [ecryptfs-kthrea]
   32 ? S 0:00 \_ [crypto/0]
   36 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_0]
   37 ? S 0:07 \_ [scsi_eh_1]
   39 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2]
   41 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_3]
   44 ? S 0:00 \_ [kstriped]
   45 ? S 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/0]
   46 ? S 0:00 \_ [kmpath_handlerd]
   47 ? S 0:00 \_ [ksnapd]
   48 ? S 0:00 \_ [kondemand/0]
   49 ? S 0:00 \_ [kconservative/0]
  214 ? S 0:00 \_ [i915]
  270 ? S 0:00 \_ [kjournald]
  303 ? S 0:00 \_ [flush-8:0]
  559 ? S 0:00 \_ [usbhid_resumer]
    1 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/init
  330 ? S 0:00 upstart-udev-bridge --daemon
  333 ? S<s 0:00 udevd --daemon
  433 ? S< 0:00 \_ udevd --daemon
  443 ? S< 0:00 \_ udevd --daemon
  687 ? Sl 0:00 rsyslogd -c4
  712 ? Ss 0:00 dbus-daemon --system --fork
  733 ? Ssl 0:00 gdm-binary
  846 ? Sl 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1
  891 tty7 Ss+ 15:43 \_ /usr/bin/X :0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-a5QwZv/database -nolisten tcp vt7
 1049 ? Sl 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-session-worker
 1058 ? Ssl 0:00 \_ gnome-session
 1093 ? Ss 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
 1130 ? S 3:07 \_ compiz
 1141 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
 1142 ? S 0:05 \_ nautilus
 1144 ? S 0:01 \_ gnome-panel
 1146 ? S 0:07 \_ emerald --replace
 1147 ? Sl 0:32 \_ cairo-dock -c
 1149 ? S 0:00 \_ nm-applet --sm-disable
 1152 ? S 0:00 \_ gnome-power-manager
 1711 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/gnome-disk-utility/gdu-notification-daemon
 1754 ? S 0:00 \_ python /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py
 1755 ? Sl 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/evolution-alarm-notify
 1836 ? S 0:00 \_ update-notifier
  735 ? S 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [freekbox.local]
  740 ? Ss 0:00 \_ avahi-daemon: chroot helper
  737 ? Ssl 0:00 NetworkManager
  849 ? S 0:00 \_ /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth2.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient-923ea400-9dce-4280-a6e0-3544b94e8130-eth2.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth2.conf eth2
  750 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/modem-manager
  755 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
  842 ? S 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s
  936 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
  939 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
  950 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
  951 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
  955 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
  956 ? Ss 0:00 acpid -c /etc/acpi/events -s /var/run/acpid.socket
  970 ? Ss 0:00 cron
  971 ? Ss 0:00 atd
 1040 ? S 0:01 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf
 1112 ? Ss 0:01 \_ postgres: writer process
 1113 ? Ss 0:01 \_ postgres: wal writer process
 1114 ? Ss 0:00 \_ postgres: autovacuum launcher process
 1115 ? Ss 0:00 \_ postgres: stats collector process
 1096 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
 1097 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 9 --session
 1100 ? S 0:03 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
 1108 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=secrets
 1111 ? Ss 0:03 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
 1121 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
 1126 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/oem/.gvfs
 1158 ? S<sl 1:47 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
 1274 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
 1160 ? SNl 0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon
 1171 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd
 1198 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
 1252 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.8 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0
 1299 ? SLl 176:21 /usr/sbin/sipw -d
 1343 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
 1359 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
 1363 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-runner
 1509 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event6 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event1
 1563 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
 1566 ? S 0:04 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 (every 2 sec)
 1412 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor
 1421 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon
 1425 ? S 0:02 \_ udisks-daemon: polling /dev/sr0
 1429 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/camserv
 1430 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/camserv
 1445 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
 1453 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
 1492 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=19
 1503 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-burn --spawner :1.8 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/1
 1540 ? S 0:00 bash /usr/bin/tomboy-panel --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:TomboyApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=18
 1555 ? Sl 0:01 \_ mono /usr/lib/tomboy/Tomboy.exe --sm-disable --panel-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:TomboyApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=18
 1542 ? S 4:51 /usr/lib/gnome-applets/multiload-applet-2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MultiLoadApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=24
 1545 ? Sl 0:01 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/clock-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=30
 1546 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/notification-area-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_NotificationAreaApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=36
 1673 ? Ss 0:00 gnome-screensaver
 1698 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
 1718 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-computer --spawner :1.8 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/2
 1732 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-metadata
 1762 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-data-server-2.28 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_CalFactory:1.2 --oaf-ior-fd=28
 1765 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/evolution-exchange-storage --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Exchange_Connector_CalFactory:1.2 --oaf-ior-fd=29
 1795 ? Sl 0:29 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubuntuone-client/ubuntuone-syncdaemon
 4135 ? Sl 20:39 /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.17/firefox-bin
 4203 ? Sl 9:37 \_ /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.17/plugin-container /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so 4135 plugin true
18512 ? Sl 0:00 gnome-terminal
18513 ? S 0:00 \_ gnome-pty-helper
18514 pts/0 Ss 0:00 \_ bash
18563 pts/0 R+ 0:00 \_ ps axfww
oem@freekbox:~$

answer on OEM I had to take my computer in to get it fixed they moved all my old filled to a new hard drive old computer went to sleep and got stuck in a coma lol. The old HOME was move to the new hard drive and was changed to that (OEM) don't know how to change did not know If I needed to? dont know what that even means? I'am a green-horn to this stuff but do get it faster then most my age lol.

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#7

A new run on top so you can see it all

oem@freekbox:~$ top

top - 20:48:41 up 4:13, 2 users, load average: 1.97, 1.67, 1.52
Tasks: 135 total, 1 running, 134 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 83.8%us, 9.9%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 6.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2044712k total, 1029072k used, 1015640k free, 92728k buffers
Swap: 1485972k total, 0k used, 1485972k free, 481112k cached

  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
 1299 root 20 0 90108 14m 1516 S 81.1 0.7 186:13.02 sipw
  891 root 20 0 54476 19m 10m S 7.9 1.0 16:18.24 Xorg
19433 oem 20 0 65528 14m 11m S 3.0 0.7 0:00.49 gnome-terminal
 4135 oem 20 0 564m 259m 31m S 2.6 13.0 22:09.22 firefox-bin
 1130 oem 20 0 89236 40m 20m S 2.3 2.0 3:17.26 compiz
 1542 oem 20 0 26308 12m 10m S 1.7 0.6 5:07.13 multiload-apple
 1795 oem 20 0 31824 18m 4160 S 0.3 0.9 0:30.47 ubuntuone-syncd
19463 oem 20 0 2548 1192 904 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.06 top
    1 root 20 0 2800 1684 1192 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.42 init
    2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
    3 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
    4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.20 ksoftirqd/0
    5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
    6 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 events/0
    7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuset
    8 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
    9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 netns

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#8

oh yeah not a DR. or anything, nothing here with top priority. JPG's & a lot of MPS's and what I write, thats it.

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Best Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#9

For some reason, there had originally been a formatting problem with the output of top, so that what should have said "sipw" said "si pw".

Since it's sipw, that's SIP Witch (see http://www.gnu.org/software/sipwitch/ and http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/sipwitch) causing the problem. This is a known issue. Following the instructions in post #8 at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1599733 (and then rebooting) should fix the problem. However, that's not a good solution, if you need SIP Witch. If you don't know if you need it, you probably don't, and you can go ahead and disable it (you can always re-enable it later).

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#10

will go through everything you sent me tomorrow getting late. But if it dose not work how do I disable it? thank you. and yes I was down loading song the other day.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#11

The instructions I sent you are for disabling it.

In case you're asking how to re-enable it: Just reverse the change (when you take a look at the forum post, you'll probably find that the change is simple).

If you have any trouble implementing that solution or you find that you end up needing SIP Witch after all, please post a reply. Otherwise, you can mark this question as Solved.

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#12

Thanks Eliah Kagan, that solved my question.