[winswitch] windows xpra client CPU usage

[Thomas Esposito]

I'm pretty sure that I have audio disabled on the server side, but I'll
check again tomorrow. Do I have to do anything special to disable audio on
the client side?

On Nov 16, 2016 9:27 PM, "Antoine Martin via shifter-users" <
shifter-users at lists.devloop.org.uk> wrote:

> On 16/11/16 22:41, Thomas Esposito via shifter-users wrote:
> > My Xpra-Launcher.exe process is ALWAYS using from 5% to 10% of my CPU
> > capacity, even when my X applications are TOTALLY idle (i.e. windows are
> > out of focus and/or no redrawing from X clients).
> My guess is that sound is enabled, sound forwarding uses a stream and
> will consume network and CPU even when no sound is being played.
>
> > This is a HUGE increase in CPU usage (and heat generation) on my laptop
> > relative to when I'm just doing simple browsing and email. For example,
> if
> > i'm just browsing and reading/writing email, my total CPU usage stays
> under
> > 1% to 2% and the laptop stays cool with the fan off. If I add the Xpra
> > client to this, even though I'm not interacting with the X application
> > windows and they are not redrawing, my laptop starts getting hot and the
> > fan turns on. Note this is only with a single X application window
> running.
> Without sound, there should not be any network or CPU usage unless the
> application's window is refreshing.
> (bar ping packets every few seconds, but those are tiny)
>
> > In comparison, the TigerVNC viewer and x2go CPU usage is effectively 0%
> if
> > the windows are not updating.
> TigerVNC does not do sound, or printing, and many other things!
>
> Cheers
> Antoine
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