https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512177
Bug ID: 512177
Summary: Solus- X11- nvidia: if I play any video the
consumption of CPU and GPU resources increases very
abnormally
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version First 6.5.2
Reported In:
Platform: Solus
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Keywords: efficiency-and-performance, X11-only
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: platform-x11-standalone
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 186837
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=186837&action=edit
btop-CPU-GPU usage
SUMMARY
The system use too mace resurce of cpu and gpu for anytings, but in particular
for video on x11
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start PC
2. In the splash screen choose Plasma X11 (instead of wayland)
3. Open dolphyn
4 Choose a video file (but it also works with audio files to a lesser extent).
5 Open it with a video player, such as mpv
6 The nootebook fans start
OBSERVED RESULT
The nootebook fans start.
the output of top passa da
```
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
3364 fab 20 0 1552828 549100 317160 S 9,3 3,4 18:29.55 kwin_x11
3240 fab 20 0 24,9g 413024 343116 R 9,0 2,5 8:39.81 Xorg
```
a
```
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
16349 fab 20 0 2941836 406624 268392 S 243,9 2,5 0:57.64 mpv
3364 fab 20 0 1569260 565120 333160 S 137,2 3,5 20:06.39 kwin_x11
3240 fab 20 0 24,9g 443820 372260 R 74,4 2,7 9:29.85 Xorg
```
EXPECTED RESULT
to play video with a normal usage of resurce
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Solus/ 6.5.2
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.9.3
Kernel:6.16.12.323.current(64bit)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I attach btop while I watch a video on YouTube with Firefox.
```
nvidia-smi
Thu Nov 13 20:03:17 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.190 Driver Version: 570.190 CUDA
Version: 12.8 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile
Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util
Compute M. |
| | |
MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On |
N/A |
| N/A 48C P0 20W / 50W | 491MiB / 4096MiB | 19%
Default |
| | |
N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:
|
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name
GPU Memory |
| ID ID
Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 3280 G /usr/lib64/xorg-server/Xorg
252MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 6458 G /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
204MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
~ $ lsmod | grep nvidia_drm
nvidia_drm 122880 9
nvidia_modeset 1765376 6 nvidia_drm
nvidia 96940032 107 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_drm,nvidia_modeset
drm_ttm_helper 12288 3 drm_vram_helper,vboxvideo,nvidia_drm
drm_client_lib 20480 3 vboxvideo,nvidia_drm,i915
drm_kms_helper 188416 7
drm_vram_helper,drm_display_helper,vboxvideo,drm_ttm_helper,nvidia_drm,drm_client_lib,i915
drm 655360 21
i2c_hid,drm_kms_helper,drm_vram_helper,drm_display_helper,nvidia,vboxvideo,drm_buddy,drm_ttm_helper,nvidia_drm,drm_client_lib,i915,ttm
~ $ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer string"
pci id for fd 4: 10de:1f91, driver (null)
pci id for fd 5: 10de:1f91, driver (null)
kmsro: driver missing
glx: failed to create dri3 screen
failed to load driver: nvidia-drm
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.6, 256 bits)
~ $ dmesg | grep -i "nvidia"
[ 0.000000] Command line:
initrd=\EFI\com.solus-project\initrd-com.solus-project.current.6.16.12-323
initrd=\EFI\com.solus-project\initrd-com.solus-project.current.6.16.12-323.nvidia
initrd=\EFI\com.solus-project\freestanding-com.solus-project.nvidia-firmware
root=UUID=f82b367a-80d0-460a-aa9b-95517939cb55
rd.luks.uuid=b7d292fd-ca00-4876-aa18-a742fd8deeda rd.vconsole.keymap=it quiet
splash rw nvidia-drm.modeset=1 resume=UUID=5e7c7d83-9fef-4a1f-ab99-2e995d8744f6
[ 0.031874] Kernel command line:
initrd=\EFI\com.solus-project\initrd-com.solus-project.current.6.16.12-323
initrd=\EFI\com.solus-project\initrd-com.solus-project.current.6.16.12-323.nvidia
initrd=\EFI\com.solus-project\freestanding-com.solus-project.nvidia-firmware
root=UUID=f82b367a-80d0-460a-aa9b-95517939cb55
rd.luks.uuid=b7d292fd-ca00-4876-aa18-a742fd8deeda rd.vconsole.keymap=it quiet
splash rw nvidia-drm.modeset=1 resume=UUID=5e7c7d83-9fef-4a1f-ab99-2e995d8744f6
[ 2.176745] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 2.176751] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 2.176755] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
[ 2.615127] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device
number 238
[ 2.616192] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0106 -> 0107)
[ 2.616353] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed:
olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
[ 2.660821] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 570.190 Fri Aug
29 16:47:46 UTC 2025
[ 2.677448] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for
UNIX platforms 570.190 Fri Aug 29 16:18:24 UTC 2025
[ 2.679867] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
[ 2.680279] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for
nvidia/570.190/gsp_tu10x.bin failed with error -2
[ 3.372013] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[ 3.436780] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb1: nvidia-drmdrmfb frame buffer
device
[ 13.665791] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr
from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
[ 13.820228] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input15
[ 13.820723] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input16
[ 13.822641] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input17
[ 13.822933] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input18
$ inxi -b
System:
Host: fdb Kernel: 6.16.12-323.current arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.2 Distro: Solus 4.7 endurance
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk0xxx
v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 85FC v: 42.34 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
v: F.13 date: 09/04/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 45.2 Wh (100%) condition: 45.2/52.5 Wh (86.2%)
CPU:
Info: 6-core Intel Core i7-9750H [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 967
min/max: 800/4500
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] driver: nvidia
v: 570.190
Device-3: Lite-On HP Wide Vision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.20 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris,nouveau
gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 3840x2160~60Hz
2: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.2.6
renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.6 256 bits)
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter
driver: rtw88_8822be
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.84 TiB used: 1.47 TiB (80.0%)
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.46 GiB used: 4.89 GiB (31.7%)
Processes: 318 Uptime: 46m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.39
```
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