Subject: kern/18001: xmms %cpu lies
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <mrg@redhat.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/03/2002 01:07:47
>Number:         18001
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       xmms %cpu lies
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 20 01:40:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     matthew green
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6E
>Organization:
people's front against (bozotic) www (softwar foundation)
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD fish-dances.eterna.com.au 1.6E NetBSD 1.6E (_fish_) #113: Wed Jul 31 02:20:21 EST 2002 mrg@fish-dances.eterna.com.au:/var/_fish_ i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386

>Description:

	when running 'xmms' from pkgsrc, %CPU observed from ps or top or
	systat ps is almost certainly wrong.  at first, it appears to use
	CPU, but the %CPU drops rapdily to 0.0% or occasionally 0.5% on my
	system (celeron 400mhz laptop.)  observing the accumulated time for
	the process shows that it is really using about 12% of my CPU.  ie
	after playing for 8 hours, it has accumulated about an hour of CPU.

>How-To-Repeat:

	install xmms on -current and attempt to see how much cpu it takes
	compared to a cheaper (non graphical) mp3 player.

	"pkg_info xmms" gives:
		[ ... ]
		Requires:
		Mesa>=3.2.1
		esound>=0.2.18
		glib>=1.2.8
		glut-3.4.2
		gtk+>=1.2.8
		libaudiofile>=0.2.1
		libmikmod>=3.1.9
		libogg>=1.0.0.7
		libvorbis>=1.0.0.7
		libxml>=1.8.11
		pth-syscall>=1.4.1
		[ ... ]

>Fix:
	
	not provided.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: