System sluggish and noisy CPU after today's [2014-10-11] upgrade

Yea, I don’t know what’s going on there then. I have 5 computers here all with various Intel Integrated graphics chip generations from the 915 in my sons laptop to the 4rth generation I7 integrated I use for my daily work. I haven’t experienced any of those issues with any of them other than the flash-player one, but I have since been using pepper flash without issue. I need chrome for work, chromium and Firefox just don’t give me access to the DRM my employer uses for security verification on the network (proprietary VPN)

Any ideas as to why mhwd -li gives me the wrong version of the intel driver? It may be related.

Nope, that’s not it, I’ve got the same output. You can try a re-install of your drivers including the all the config files and associated packages, etc. with:

sudo mhwd -f -i pci video-intel

If anything was out of place this command will fix that as well. Remember to reboot after running this command so the drivers are reloaded using the new config files.

Hey avonidas,
Could you try and change AccelMethod to ‘glamor’? as depicted here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_Graphics#SNA_issues

I changed it but can’t restart as i’m mid work and can’t troubleshoot right now.
From what I understand glamor was integrated to Xorg 1.16, so it might be necessary to tell him to use it specifically.

It feels like it’s a pure hardware acceleration issue.

I already did and it was slow like hell, but I’ll give it another try. Do you also have Option "TearFree" "true" in the options? I’ve found I need it in order to have tear-free video in vlc, but I think it only works with SNA.

There’s a new version of mesa-dri in the arch packages since Monday, reporting bug fixes, including Xorg issues,
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mesa-dri/

It should hit the manjaro repositories in a few days/weeks, maybe it will fix this bug.
[hr]
Yep, glamor is unusable.

yep…
on the manjaro forum:

can’t really risk doing that atm because it’s my only machine… if you have a chance to do it let me know of the results

If it’s in testing then It’ll be in stable soon, approximately a week or two, I wouldn’t suggest using testing unless you can deal with breakages.

No I don’t use the tearfree option, I have never edited my intel.conf file on any of my machines, I usually just edit the settings within in each individual application or find one that works the best…

Ok, I finally switched to testing, based on the advice given on the Manjaro forum,
https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=17051.msg160741#msg160741
and then went back to the stable repositories, after the mesa (and a bunch of other) update.

The good news is that nothing broke :slight_smile:
The bad news is that the bug remains, nothing was fixed :frowning:

I don’t know if I should fiddle further with the settings, I tried most of the different configuration I had tried since this bug appeared, no change. I still can’t turn on hardware acceleration in Chromium (though I had an update to Chromium 38) without it becoming sluggish. Xorg is still using the CPU too much, and desktop effects are slow unless I use kwin_gles in place of kwin. So, no luck afaik.

Furthermore, I now think it’s unlikely this bug will be fixed by a future update in mesa. If I had the time, I might try a fresh install of Netrunner 2014.09, but I have no inclination to try that without a reason to think this problem is an update glitch – it might be that this mesa driver is incompatible with this hardware, so I’d only end up where I am after a lot of effort.

I will try one more thing (that is, unless anyone has a better suggestion): I’ll create a new user and see if the problem persists in this “clean” environment.

Could you also post the output of ps aux?

> ps aux

USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.0  26028  3684 ?        Ss   10:16   0:01 /sbin/init
root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [kthreadd]
root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root         5  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/0:0H]
root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:02 [rcu_preempt]
root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [rcu_sched]
root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [rcu_bh]
root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [migration/0]
root        11  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [watchdog/0]
root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [watchdog/1]
root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [migration/1]
root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/1:0H]
root        17  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [watchdog/2]
root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [migration/2]
root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [ksoftirqd/2]
root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/2:0H]
root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [watchdog/3]
root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [migration/3]
root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [ksoftirqd/3]
root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/3:0H]
root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [khelper]
root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [netns]
root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [writeback]
root        31  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   10:16   0:00 [ksmd]
root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   10:16   0:00 [khugepaged]
root        33  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kintegrityd]
root        34  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [bioset]
root        35  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [crypto]
root        36  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kblockd]
root        38  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [khungtaskd]
root        39  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [kswapd0]
root        40  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
root        44  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kthrotld]
root        45  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:01 [kworker/0:1]
root        46  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [ipv6_addrconf]
root        47  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [deferwq]
root        50  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [kworker/3:1]
root        78  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [kworker/1:1]
root        79  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [firewire]
root        80  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [khubd]
root        81  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [firewire_ohci]
root        82  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [ata_sff]
root        83  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root        84  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [scsi_tmf_0]
root        85  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root        86  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [scsi_tmf_1]
root        87  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root        88  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [scsi_tmf_2]
root        89  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root        90  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [scsi_tmf_3]
root        91  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
root        92  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [scsi_tmf_4]
root        93  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
root        94  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [scsi_tmf_5]
root       106  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [kworker/0:2]
root       110  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/0:1H]
root       111  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/2:1H]
root       112  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/1:1H]
root       113  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kworker/3:1H]
root       126  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [jbd2/sda7-8]
root       127  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
root       150  0.0  0.4 106672 16268 ?        Ss   10:16   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
root       155  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [rpciod]
root       156  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [nfsiod]
root       159  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [kworker/2:2]
root       175  0.0  0.0  32488  1992 ?        Ss   10:16   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
root       217  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [ips-adjust]
root       218  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [ips-monitor]
root       230  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [jbd2/sda8-8]
root       231  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
root       236  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:16   0:00 [irq/41-mei_me]
root       256  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:16   0:00 [kpsmoused]
root       261  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [cfg80211]
root       262  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [hd-audio0]
root       272  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:17   0:00 [pccardd]
root       298  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:17   0:00 [irq/43-iwlwifi]
root       301  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [iwlwifi]
root       478  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
root       533  0.0  0.0  12968  1352 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/crond -n
avahi      534  0.0  0.0  25872  1784 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 avahi-daemon: running [avonid-E5510.local]
root       737  0.0  0.1  73456  5860 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/cupsd -f
root       739  0.0  0.2 341972  8504 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
root       740  0.0  0.1 327716  4844 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/ModemManager
root       772  0.0  0.0  15224  1568 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
dbus       774  0.0  0.0  25848  2692 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation
rpc        794  0.0  0.0  30844   796 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/rpcbind -w 
root       804  0.0  0.2 222300  8372 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/sddm
root       807  0.0  0.0   7884   840 tty1     Ss+  10:17   0:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty1 linux
polkitd    815  0.0  0.3 512212 12652 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
colord     883  0.0  0.1 290812  7320 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/colord/colord
root       891  1.1  1.4 312928 54860 tty7     Ssl+ 10:17   0:47 /usr/bin/Xorg.bin :0 -auth /var/run/xauth//A:0-JFTZCr -nolisten tcp vt07
root       893  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [kworker/u17:0]
root       894  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [hci0]
root       895  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [hci0]
root       897  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:17   0:00 [kworker/u17:2]
avahi      996  0.0  0.0  25748   416 ?        S    10:17   0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
ntp       1088  0.0  0.3 109384 15356 ?        SLs  10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/ntpd -g -u ntp:ntp
root      1129  0.0  0.0  30636  3036 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -u
avonid    1175  0.0  0.0  26812  2064 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
avonid    1177  0.0  0.0  73676  1960 ?        S    10:17   0:00 (sd-pam)  
avonid    1179  0.0  0.0  13548  1860 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde
avonid    1198  0.0  0.0  18020   800 ?        S    10:17   0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
avonid    1200  0.0  0.0  25652  1992 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 13 --session
avonid    1231  0.0  0.0  15468   904 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/gpg-agent -s --daemon --pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-qt4 --write-env-file
root      1248  0.0  0.0   4044    80 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/start_kdeinit +kcminit_startup
avonid    1249  0.0  0.6 369096 23884 ?        Ss   10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: kdeinit4 Running...                  
avonid    1250  0.0  0.3 372728 12036 ?        S    10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: klauncher [kdeinit] --fd=9           
avonid    1252  0.0  1.0 1343520 40040 ?       Sl   10:17   0:01 kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit]                      
avonid    1262  0.0  0.5 460416 20868 ?        S    10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: kglobalaccel [kdeinit]               
avonid    1266  0.0  0.5 815812 20632 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/kactivitymanagerd
root      1268  0.0  0.1 219052  5044 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
root      1291  0.0  0.1 354964  4832 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:01 /usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd --no-debug
avonid    1292  0.0  0.0   4180   344 ?        S    10:17   0:00 kwrapper4 ksmserver --windowmanager kwin_gles
avonid    1299  0.0  0.5 548496 22304 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: ksmserver [kdeinit] --windowmanager kwin_gles
avonid    1307  0.0  0.4 369404 17860 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdeconnectd
avonid    1310  0.4  3.0 3033996 118888 ?      Sl   10:17   0:21 kwin_gles -session 1010c10cbfeb000141376845200000016730000_1413932810_816789
avonid    1315  0.0  1.1 730432 44560 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: krunner [kdeinit]                    
avonid    1317  1.4  3.7 3569120 145132 ?      Sl   10:17   1:02 kdeinit4: plasma-desktop [kdeinit]             
avonid    1320  0.2  0.0   9748  1240 ?        S    10:17   0:09 ksysguardd
avonid    1324  0.0  0.8 1120908 31616 ?       Sl   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/knotify4
avonid    1332  0.0  0.4 278960 18292 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/kuiserver
avonid    1334  0.0  0.2 301904  8836 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5
avonid    1344  0.0  0.1 153512  6852 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_control
avonid    1346  0.0  0.6 1777320 25672 ?       Sl   10:17   0:00 akonadiserver
avonid    1348  0.0  2.5 541984 98968 ?        Sl   10:17   0:03 /usr/bin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/avonid/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf --datadir=/home/avonid/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/ --socket=/tmp/akonadi-avonid.Hp4vd9/mysql.socket
avonid    1393  0.0  1.1 607732 43992 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_archivemail_agent --identifier akonadi_archivemail_agent
avonid    1394  0.0  0.6 323700 26116 ?        SN   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_baloo_indexer --identifier akonadi_baloo_indexer
avonid    1395  0.0  0.5 318992 22788 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_agent_launcher akonadi_maildir_resource akonadi_maildir_resource_0
avonid    1396  0.0  0.6 339840 25684 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_maildispatcher_agent --identifier akonadi_maildispatcher_agent
avonid    1397  0.0  1.1 607696 44248 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_mailfilter_agent --identifier akonadi_mailfilter_agent
avonid    1398  0.0  0.6 298060 23980 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_migration_agent --identifier akonadi_migration_agent
avonid    1399  0.0  0.7 394428 28804 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent --identifier akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent
avonid    1404  0.0  1.0 574960 40908 ?        S    10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_sendlater_agent --identifier akonadi_sendlater_agent
avonid    1416  0.0  0.0   5924   604 ?        SN   10:17   0:00 /bin/cat
avonid    1419  0.0  0.0   5924   608 ?        SN   10:17   0:00 /bin/cat
avonid    1420  0.0  0.0   5924   604 ?        SN   10:17   0:00 /bin/cat
avonid    1421  0.0  0.0   5924   608 ?        SN   10:17   0:00 /bin/cat
avonid    1422  0.0  0.0   5924   608 ?        SN   10:17   0:00 /bin/cat
avonid    1437  0.0  0.8 701424 31848 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: kmix [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb0001410746329000
avonid    1438  0.0  1.0 650376 39028 ?        Sl   10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: dolphin [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb0001410746359
avonid    1441  0.0  0.1 361100  6608 ?        S<l  10:17   0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
rtkit     1442  0.0  0.0 166592  1276 ?        SNsl 10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon
avonid    1443  0.0  1.9 541420 74864 ?        S    10:17   0:01 /usr/bin/okular -session 1010c10cbfeb000141074673000000119630014_1413932810_459992
avonid    1446  0.0  1.4 747388 54256 ?        Sl   10:17   0:02 kdeinit4: dolphin [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb0001410879833
avonid    1448  0.0  0.9 434376 37880 ?        Rl   10:17   0:02 /usr/bin/yakuake -session 1010c10cbfeb000141087721400000111760079_1413932810_460365
avonid    1449  0.0  1.3 2634908 51840 ?       Sl   10:17   0:00 kdeinit4: kate [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb0001410880032000
avonid    1452  0.0  0.0  76648  2572 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
avonid    1453  0.0  1.4 747700 54580 ?        Sl   10:18   0:02 kdeinit4: dolphin [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb0001411777611
avonid    1454  0.0  1.3 744936 51684 ?        Sl   10:18   0:02 kdeinit4: dolphin [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb0001412038163
avonid    1455  0.0  1.9 541920 75904 ?        S    10:18   0:02 /usr/bin/okular -session 1010c10cbfeb000141203842200000017100185_1413932810_460765
avonid    1456  0.0  1.1 2616400 42544 ?       Sl   10:18   0:00 kdeinit4: kwrite [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb00014131157600
avonid    1457  0.0  2.2 2697056 87604 ?       Sl   10:18   0:03 /usr/bin/kile -session 1010c10cbfeb000141307708100000012570040_1413932810_460978
avonid    1459  0.0  0.0  43124  2320 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/GConf/gconfd-2
avonid    1464  0.0  0.9 566172 37372 ?        Sl   10:18   0:01 kdeinit4: konsole [kdeinit] -session 1010c10cbfeb0001413810327
avonid    1481  0.0  0.3 362264 14136 ?        Sl   10:18   0:00 /usr/bin/manjaro-settings-manager-daemon
avonid    1488  0.0  0.5 411276 21540 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/bin/korgac --icon korgac
avonid    1498  0.0  0.0  16052  2252 pts/1    Ss+  10:18   0:00 /bin/bash
avonid    1501  0.0  0.5 376392 20056 ?        Sl   10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
avonid    1503  0.0  0.0  16052  2492 pts/2    Ss+  10:18   0:00 /bin/bash
avonid    1506  0.0  0.5 468076 20784 ?        S    10:18   0:00 kdeinit4: klipper [kdeinit]                    
avonid    1508  0.0  0.0  16052  2492 pts/4    Ss+  10:18   0:00 /bin/bash
avonid    1513  0.0  0.0  16048  2448 pts/3    Ss+  10:18   0:00 /bin/bash
avonid    1569  0.0  0.0  16052  2488 pts/0    Ss   10:18   0:00 /bin/bash
avonid    1604  0.0  0.0  16052  2496 pts/6    Ss+  10:18   0:00 /bin/bash
avonid    1619  0.6  3.5 906584 137352 ?       Sl   10:18   0:27 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152
avonid    1622  0.0  0.0   6348   388 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chrome-sandbox /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=zygote --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152
avonid    1623  0.0  0.7 450908 28840 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=zygote --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152
avonid    1627  0.0  0.0   6348   388 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chrome-sandbox /usr/lib/chromium/nacl_helper
avonid    1628  0.0  0.1 175596  5380 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/nacl_helper
avonid    1630  0.0  0.2 459104  9408 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=zygote --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152
avonid    1636  0.0  0.0 214252  3496 ?        Sl   10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
avonid    1641  0.0  0.1 291968  3860 ?        Sl   10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs -f -o big_writes
avonid    1676  0.0  0.7 441632 27012 ?        Sl   10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=gpu-process --channel=1619.0.1240519641 --supports-dual-gpus=false --gpu-driver-bug-workarounds=1,11,15 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --gpu-vendor-id=0x8086 --gpu-device-id=0x0046 --gpu-driver-vendor --gpu-driver-version
avonid    1681  0.0  0.2 433436  8392 ?        S    10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=gpu-broker                                                                                                                                                                                                           
avonid    1694  0.0  0.5 470844 20280 ?        SL   10:18   0:00 kdeinit4: kwalletd [kdeinit]                   
avonid    1725  0.7  3.9 991280 153248 ?       SNl  10:18   0:32 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=renderer --enable-deferred-image-decoding --lang=en-US --force-fieldtrials=Prerender/PrerenderControl/UMA-New-Install-Uniformity-Trial/Control/UMA-Session-Randomized-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-1-Percent/group_12/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-10-Percent/group_08/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-100-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-20-Percent/group_02/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_10/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-50-Percent/default/ --renderer-print-preview --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152 --enable-delegated-renderer --enable-impl-side-painting --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel=1619.4.964183003
avonid    1730  0.5  1.4 837484 57324 ?        SNl  10:18   0:25 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=renderer --enable-deferred-image-decoding --lang=en-US --force-fieldtrials=Prerender/PrerenderControl/UMA-New-Install-Uniformity-Trial/Control/UMA-Session-Randomized-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-1-Percent/group_12/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-10-Percent/group_08/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-100-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-20-Percent/group_02/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_10/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-50-Percent/default/ --renderer-print-preview --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152 --enable-delegated-renderer --enable-impl-side-painting --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel=1619.5.530076289
avonid    1744  0.0  1.4 861276 55240 ?        SNl  10:18   0:01 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=renderer --enable-deferred-image-decoding --lang=en-US --force-fieldtrials=Prerender/PrerenderControl/UMA-New-Install-Uniformity-Trial/Control/UMA-Session-Randomized-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-1-Percent/group_12/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-10-Percent/group_08/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-100-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-20-Percent/group_02/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_10/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-50-Percent/default/ --renderer-print-preview --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152 --enable-delegated-renderer --enable-impl-side-painting --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel=1619.6.1460793137
avonid    1753  0.0  1.7 845572 66148 ?        Sl   10:18   0:01 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=renderer --enable-deferred-image-decoding --lang=en-US --force-fieldtrials=Prerender/PrerenderControl/UMA-New-Install-Uniformity-Trial/Control/UMA-Session-Randomized-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-1-Percent/group_12/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-10-Percent/group_08/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-100-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-20-Percent/group_02/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_10/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-50-Percent/default/ --renderer-print-preview --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152 --enable-delegated-renderer --enable-impl-side-painting --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel=1619.7.760036668
avonid    1762  0.0  1.0 816000 39148 ?        SNl  10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=renderer --enable-deferred-image-decoding --lang=en-US --force-fieldtrials=Prerender/PrerenderControl/UMA-New-Install-Uniformity-Trial/Control/UMA-Session-Randomized-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-1-Percent/group_12/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-10-Percent/group_08/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-100-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-20-Percent/group_02/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_10/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-50-Percent/default/ --renderer-print-preview --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152 --enable-delegated-renderer --enable-impl-side-painting --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel=1619.8.655736031
avonid    1782  0.0  1.3 833752 52440 ?        SNl  10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=renderer --enable-deferred-image-decoding --lang=en-US --force-fieldtrials=Prerender/PrerenderControl/UMA-New-Install-Uniformity-Trial/Control/UMA-Session-Randomized-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-1-Percent/group_12/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-10-Percent/group_08/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-100-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-20-Percent/group_02/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_10/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-50-Percent/default/ --renderer-print-preview --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152 --enable-delegated-renderer --enable-impl-side-painting --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel=1619.9.1724117743
avonid    1798  0.0  1.0 819140 38696 ?        SNl  10:18   0:00 /usr/lib/chromium/chromium --type=renderer --enable-deferred-image-decoding --lang=en-US --force-fieldtrials=Prerender/PrerenderControl/UMA-New-Install-Uniformity-Trial/Control/UMA-Session-Randomized-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-1-Percent/group_12/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-10-Percent/group_08/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-100-Percent/group_01/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-20-Percent/group_02/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-5-Percent/group_10/UMA-Uniformity-Trial-50-Percent/default/ --renderer-print-preview --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.152 --enable-delegated-renderer --enable-impl-side-painting --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel=1619.10.1926736888
root      1842  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:22   0:00 [kworker/1:0]
root      1849  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:31   0:00 [kworker/3:0]
root      1903  0.0  0.0   5904   856 ?        Ss   11:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/anacron -s
root      1908  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:09   0:00 [kworker/u16:1]
root      1925  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:19   0:00 [kworker/u16:0]
root      1926  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:20   0:00 [kworker/2:0]
root      1928  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:25   0:00 [kworker/2:1]
root      1929  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    11:26   0:00 [kworker/u16:2]
avonid    1934  0.0  0.0  26648  1652 pts/0    R+   11:28   0:00 ps aux

Why is chromium taking up so many resources?
Why are so many apps running in the background, like kate, kwite, ocular and dolphin just to name a few?
Have you removed the pre-load script from startup yet?

here is my output to compare:

USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.0 173600  3952 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:03 /sbin/init splash
root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [kthreadd]
root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:27 [ksoftirqd/0]
root         5  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/0:0H]
root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:32 [rcu_preempt]
root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [rcu_sched]
root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [rcu_bh]
root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [migration/0]
root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [migration/1]
root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:02 [ksoftirqd/1]
root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/1:0H]
root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [migration/2]
root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:04 [ksoftirqd/2]
root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/2:0H]
root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [migration/3]
root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:02 [ksoftirqd/3]
root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/3:0H]
root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [khelper]
root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [netns]
root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [writeback]
root        31  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00 [ksmd]
root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   Oct20   0:01 [khugepaged]
root        33  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kintegrityd]
root        34  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [bioset]
root        35  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [crypto]
root        36  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kblockd]
root        37  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:13 [kworker/0:1]
root        38  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [khungtaskd]
root        39  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:01 [kswapd0]
root        40  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
root        44  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kthrotld]
root        45  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [ipv6_addrconf]
root        46  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [deferwq]
root        78  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [khubd]
root        79  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [ata_sff]
root        80  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root        81  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [scsi_tmf_0]
root        82  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root        83  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [scsi_tmf_1]
root        84  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root        85  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [scsi_tmf_2]
root        86  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root        87  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [scsi_tmf_3]
root        88  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
root        89  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [scsi_tmf_4]
root        90  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
root        91  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [scsi_tmf_5]
root       108  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:01 [kworker/0:1H]
root       124  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/1:1H]
root       127  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [jbd2/sda1-8]
root       128  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
root       151  0.0  0.1  44644 11580 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:02 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
root       153  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [rpciod]
root       154  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [nfsiod]
root       162  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/2:1H]
root       191  0.0  0.0  32684  2168 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
root       211  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/3:1H]
root       222  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kpsmoused]
root       242  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:03 [jbd2/sda2-8]
root       243  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
root       288  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kmemstick]
root       299  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 [irq/42-mei_me]
root       312  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [hd-audio0]
root       346  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [cfg80211]
root       387  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/u17:0]
root       388  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [hci0]
root       389  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [hci0]
root       391  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [kworker/u17:2]
root       408  0.0  0.0 327680  4804 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/ModemManager
root       409  0.0  0.0  12968  1348 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/crond -n
root       411  0.0  0.0 122968  4124 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:10 /usr/bin/thermald --no-daemon --dbus-enable
root       412  0.0  0.1 372092  9820 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:28 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
root       414  0.0  0.0  15220  1536 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
root       416  0.0  0.0   4216   876 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:02 /usr/bin/acpid -f
avahi      417  0.0  0.0  25872  1752 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 avahi-daemon: running [James-Laptop.local]
root       418  0.0  0.0  71964  3884 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/cupsd -f
dbus       420  0.0  0.0  25736  2644 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:17 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --
rpc        426  0.0  0.0  30844   804 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/rpcbind -w 
avahi      439  0.0  0.0  25748   420 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
colord     446  0.0  0.1 324308  8524 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/colord/colord
polkitd    447  0.0  0.2 538232 12556 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
root       449  0.0  0.0  19520  2248 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
root       469  0.0  0.0   7884   844 tty1     Ss+  Oct20   0:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty1 linux
root       470  0.0  0.1 222272  8348 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/sddm
ntp        473  0.0  0.2 107256 15268 ?        SLs  Oct20   0:11 /usr/bin/ntpd -g -u ntp:ntp -p /run/ntpd.pid
root       474  0.0  0.0  30744  3356 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:03 /usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -u
root       535  1.1  1.2 278424 73732 tty7     Ssl+ Oct20  24:53 /usr/bin/Xorg.bin :0 -auth /var/run/xauth//A:0-EAcxRy -nolis
james      563  0.0  0.0  26788  2084 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
james      564  0.0  0.0  73784  2212 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 (sd-pam)         
james      566  0.0  0.0  13548  1852 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde
james      580  0.0  0.0  18020   804 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
james      581  0.0  0.0  25652  2000 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:02 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 13
james      612  0.0  0.0  15468   880 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:05 /usr/bin/gpg-agent -s --daemon --pinentry-program /usr/bin/p
root       626  0.0  0.0   4044    80 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/start_kdeinit +kcminit_startup
james      627  0.0  0.3 369060 23852 ?        Ss   Oct20   0:00 kdeinit4: kdeinit4 Running...                  
james      628  0.0  0.1 372632 11968 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 kdeinit4: klauncher [kdeinit] --fd=9           
james      630  0.0  0.6 1352484 40836 ?       Sl   Oct20   0:22 kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit]                      
james      633  0.0  0.0  21448  1904 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/bluetooth/obexd
root       635  0.0  0.0 218984  4996 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:03 /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
root       640  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct20   0:00 [krfcommd]
root       660  0.0  0.1 391580  8208 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:29 /usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd --no-debug
james      669  0.0  0.2 280112 15428 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/bluedevil-monolithic
james      675  0.0  0.3 459780 20356 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 kdeinit4: kglobalaccel [kdeinit]               
james      680  0.0  0.3 814668 21500 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:02 /usr/bin/kactivitymanagerd
james      684  0.0  0.0   4180   340 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 kwrapper4 ksmserver
james      687  0.0  0.3 545444 21416 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:00 kdeinit4: ksmserver [kdeinit]                  
james      695  0.0  0.3 467896 19252 ?        SL   Oct20   0:01 kdeinit4: kwalletd [kdeinit]                   
james      698  0.6  1.3 3076484 82476 ?       Sl   Oct20  13:47 kwin
james      705  0.0  0.7 729152 43452 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:03 kdeinit4: krunner [kdeinit]                    
james      707  0.7  2.2 3237328 134888 ?      Sl   Oct20  15:22 kdeinit4: plasma-desktop [kdeinit]             
root       731  0.0  0.1  14728  8264 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/networkmanager/nm-dhcp-hel
james      786  0.0  0.1 341064 10704 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:09 /usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5
james      796  0.0  0.2 278228 17908 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/kuiserver
james      799  0.0  0.0   9748  1224 ?        S    Oct20   0:44 ksysguardd
james      814  0.0  0.3 428628 21092 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:02 /usr/bin/octopi-notifier
james      818  0.0  0.6 432836 36544 ?        Rl   Oct20   1:24 /usr/bin/yakuake
james      819  0.0  0.2 362272 12168 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:04 /usr/bin/manjaro-settings-manager-daemon
james      824  0.0  0.3 375560 19396 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
james      827  0.2  0.1 361224  6684 ?        S<l  Oct20   5:05 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start
rtkit      828  0.0  0.0 166592  1248 ?        SNsl Oct20   0:01 /usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon
james      829  0.0  0.4 488144 24260 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:03 /usr/bin/korgac --icon korgac
james      834  0.0  0.0  32716   752 ?        Ssl  Oct20   0:03 /usr/bin/ksuperkey
james      836  0.0  0.3 467400 20052 ?        S    Oct20   0:03 kdeinit4: klipper [kdeinit]                    
james      842  0.0  0.0  76608  2572 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
james      844  0.0  0.0  43084  2292 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/GConf/gconfd-2
james      848  0.0  0.5 1514728 34936 ?       Sl   Oct20   0:01 /usr/bin/knotify4
james      854  0.0  0.4 700028 29548 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:03 kdeinit4: kmix [kdeinit]                       
root       856  0.0  0.0 145792  4876 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/octopi/pacmanhelper
james      890  0.0  0.1 153604  6944 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:02 /usr/bin/akonadi_control
james      892  0.0  0.5 2026260 31976 ?       Sl   Oct20   0:05 akonadiserver
james      894  0.1  1.0 2367124 61080 ?       Sl   Oct20   2:44 /usr/bin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/james/.local/share/ako
james      935  0.0  0.7 607320 43648 ?        S    Oct20   0:01 /usr/bin/akonadi_archivemail_agent --identifier akonadi_arch
james      936  0.0  0.4 327680 28872 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_baloo_indexer --identifier akonadi_baloo_in
james      937  0.0  0.5 440488 33344 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_facebook_resource --identifier akonadi_face
james      938  0.0  0.6 494008 38364 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_googlecalendar_resource --identifier akonad
james      939  0.0  0.5 426064 32864 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_googlecontacts_resource --identifier akonad
james      940  0.0  0.5 546820 31180 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:03 /usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_res
james      941  0.0  0.3 320584 22812 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_agent_launcher akonadi_maildir_resource ako
james      942  0.0  0.4 339376 25176 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_maildispatcher_agent --identifier akonadi_m
james      943  0.0  0.7 609440 43932 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_mailfilter_agent --identifier akonadi_mailf
james      944  0.0  0.3 297352 23352 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_migration_agent --identifier akonadi_migrat
james      945  0.0  0.4 395828 28916 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent --identifier akonadi_
root       965  0.0  0.0   7884   836 tty2     Ss+  Oct20   0:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty2 linux
james      971  0.0  0.6 574636 40288 ?        S    Oct20   0:00 /usr/bin/akonadi_sendlater_agent --identifier akonadi_sendla
james      982  0.0  0.0   5924   604 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00 /bin/cat
james      993  0.0  0.0   5924   608 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00 /bin/cat
james     1000  0.0  0.0   5924   604 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00 /bin/cat
james     1001  0.0  0.0   5924   608 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00 /bin/cat
james     1002  0.0  0.0   5924   604 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00 /bin/cat
james     1053  0.0  0.0 214212  3472 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
james     1058  0.0  0.0 369192  4596 ?        Sl   Oct20   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs -f -o big_write
root      7204  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct21   0:01 [kworker/1:1]
james     8776  0.0  0.0 111132  2156 ?        S    Oct21   0:00 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesud
root      8792  0.0  0.0  18156   576 ?        S    Oct21   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --autolaunch c3b5fcae10d399fb93dc211f54
root      8793  0.0  0.0  24748   700 ?        Ss   Oct21   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 
root     16369  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct21   0:00 [kworker/2:2]
root     21456  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct21   0:00 [kworker/1:0]
james    21818  0.0  0.0  15784  2136 pts/1    Ss   Oct21   0:00 /bin/bash
root     23987  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:19   0:00 [kworker/2:0]
root     23988  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    02:19   0:00 [kworker/3:0]
james    24491  7.8  2.9 949360 181016 ?       Sl   04:04   2:47 /opt/google/chrome/chrome      
james    24498  0.0  0.0   5924   608 ?        S    04:04   0:00 cat
james    24499  0.0  0.0   5924   608 ?        S    04:04   0:00 cat
james    24501  0.0  0.0   6344   376 ?        S    04:04   0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome-sandbox /opt/google/chrome/chrome 
james    24502  0.0  0.4 384944 29160 ?        S    04:04   0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote --enable-crash-repor
james    24506  0.0  0.0   6344   376 ?        S    04:04   0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome-sandbox /opt/google/chrome/nacl_he
james    24507  0.0  0.0 142420  4564 ?        S    04:04   0:00 /opt/google/chrome/nacl_helper
james    24509  0.0  0.1 393140  9044 ?        S    04:04   0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote --enable-crash-repor
james    24533  3.4  3.1 1205748 192360 ?      Sl   04:04   1:13 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=gpu-process --channel=24491
james    24542  0.0  0.1 363300  8008 ?        S    04:04   0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=gpu-broker                 
james    24557  0.0  0.5 738456 30868 ?        Sl   04:04   0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --enable-deferred-
root     24649  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    04:09   0:00 [kworker/3:2]
root     24703  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    04:13   0:01 [kworker/u16:0]
root     25077  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    04:24   0:00 [kworker/u16:2]
root     25078  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    04:24   0:00 [kworker/0:2]
james    25091 39.1  5.9 1216888 358736 ?      SNl  04:29   4:18 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --enable-deferred-
root     26073  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    04:36   0:00 [kworker/u16:1]
root     26310  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    04:36   0:00 [kworker/u16:3]
james    26524  6.5  1.1 781788 67640 ?        Sl   04:37   0:09 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --enable-deferred-
james    26536  0.0  0.0  26648  1636 pts/1    R+   04:40   0:00 ps aux

Well, I have several tabs open in chromium, and I save the session, it’s convenient to keep open the files and folders I use frequently. But this shouldn’t affect the CPU, it should just take up RAM. I can close them and re-post ps aux, if you like.

I’m not sure what you mean by pre-load script.

There is a script under system settings > startup & shut down called preloading that preloads Firefox if more than 2 gigs of ram is detected.

Here is the file it runs:
/usr/share/netrunner-default-settings/preload.sh

No, I haven’t disabled the script, but I usually kill firefox at the start of the session.
But anyway, what does that have to do with the CPU activity?

Nothing really, I was just wondering. :slight_smile:

To tell you the truth, your issue seems bafeling to me as well. On my systems with Intel CPU/GPU’s and everything up to date, I’m only getting around 0.0 -10.0% CPU usage on all four cores. but then again I don’t usually have multiple windows open and I’m using chrome and not chromium. I’m beginning to think that maybe the problem is being caused by something else other than the kernel, xorg or mesa with your system.

After today’s update my system became sluggish, I sat here for an hour trying everything I could think to fix it and then I realized something when glancing at my login screen, the SDDM session setting in the left hand corner was set to (failsafe) so I changed it back and no more sluggishness.

Avonidas you might want to look and see if this is what has been your issue?

Any way to change it not from the login screen? i’m getting automatic login for some reason

You can logout and try the correct session from there. It should autosave it.

Seems like the logout button doesn’t work for me. it does nothing… i think kwin_gles might be the issue but if i remove it the panel doesn’t work at all! weird stuff… is there a command of sddm or kdm that i can run to logout? (even not gracefully)

Yes, but you’ll need to edit the sddm.conf file manually as root:

kdesu kate /etc/sddm.conf

and change the LastSession line to read:

 LastSession=kde-plasma.desktop

or you can replace the one made by the Netruner packages with the sddm.conf.pacnew file from the SDDM package, be aware this will remove your autologin:

sudo mv /etc/sddm.conf.pacnew /etc/sddm.conf

Note: kcm-sdm-git from the blueshell repository is incompatible with Version 0.9.0+git20141003.ef14018-2 of SDDM, and the sddm-kcm package from the Manjaro community repository requires some parts updated to QT5 and KF5, so you may not want to install it until Manjaro 0.8.11 is released and we get all the updates from it.