Public bug reported: With both the latest lowlatency kernel on 18.10 (4.18.0-10) and previously with 4.15 on 18.04 the system is barely usable due to input lag from the mouse and stuttering audio. This only starts a minute or two after startup. Despite this graphics performance seems unaffected and the CPU usage isn't abnormal. Both my mouse and audio device are USB devices, and the dmesg log shows problems with the irq I think is associated with the USB controller.
This issue does not exist in any mainline kernel I've tried - 4.16.0-041600-lowlatency, 4.18.0-041800-lowlatency, 4.19.0-041900-lowlatency. This suggests the issue is specific to the Ubuntu kernel. I've tried booting with the 'irqpoll' option but this didn't make any difference. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: linux-image-4.18.0-10-lowlatency 4.18.0-10.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-lowlatency 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Nov 3 16:14:59 2018 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5aef3b9a-9e9b-4c08-a3e1-f31df4b6e48e InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-15 (2148 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-10-lowlatency root=UUID=9f8c3efb-2f3f-41f1-955f-146d48b41a16 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.18.0-10-lowlatency N/A linux-backports-modules-4.18.0-10-lowlatency N/A linux-firmware 1.175 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-01 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/08/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2001 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M4A87TD/USB3 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2001:bd03/08/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A87TD/USB3:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801537 Title: Mouse input lag and stuttering audio USB ('irq 18: nobody cared') To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1801537/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs