Choppy videos and animations since 18.04

Question

Since upgrading from 17.10 to 18.04 my video streaming and amimations have become choppy. Running glxgears it can be seen that the animation stops and then starts again every 3 seconds or so. The same with video streaming, the picture stutters every 3 seconds. This happens using the Intel GPU and also using the nVidia GPU via Bumblebee (Optirun).

Does anybody have an idea what could be causing this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '18 at 08:18

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I fixed the problem by removing nvidia-settings and disabling the gnome extension "NVIDIA GPU Stats Tool".

answered May 16 '18 at 08:18

SteveInBavaria

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Why would someone have to uninstall nvidia-settings? – Jonathan May 31 '18 at 20:25
I don't have GPU stats gnome extension listed in the gnome-tweak-tool > extensions, I must not have it – Jonathan May 31 '18 at 20:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '18 at 20:28

As I understand it, nVidia bumblebee was replaced by nVidia Prime. So try:

sudo apt install nvidia-settings nvidia-prime (and it should uninstall bumblebee) Then restart and open nvidia settings and make sure you pick nVidia card (not intel) and restart again.

Choppy videos and animations since 18.04

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