Electron CPU usage

[Mykle1]

@wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

I’m beginning to think it’s the SD card.

I hope that’s it. Then we can all laugh about it. Keep me posted.

Just in case:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/

And:

HOW TO FORMAT AN SD CARD AS FAT

Note: If you're formatting an SD (or micro SD) card that has a capacity over 32GB (i.e. 64GB and above), then see the separate SDXC formatting instructions.

WINDOWS

For Windows users we recommend formatting your SD card using the SD Association's Formatting Tool, which can be downloaded from sdcard.org. You will need to set "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT" option to "ON" in the "Options" menu to ensure that the entire SD card volume is formatted, and not just a single partition. The updated size will be shown after the format is complete.

MAC OS

The SD Association's Formatting Tool is also available for Mac users, although the default OS X Disk Utility is also capable of formatting the entire disk. To do this, select the SD card volume and choose Erase with MS-DOS format.

LINUX

For Linux users we recommend gparted (or the command line version  parted). Norman Dunbar has written up instructions for Linux users.

[Mykle1]

@wtidwell

Ok, this is the kit I bought back in January. I checked my amazon.com history.
“You purchased this item on January 16, 2017”
https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Kit/dp/B01C6Q2GSY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1503626951&sr=1-1&keywords=32+GB+Micro+SD+Card+(Class+10)+pre-loaded+with+NOOBS

So this is the SD card I have in my Pi3-B mirror. Recommended Micro SD Card pre-loaded with NOOBS

That is also where I installed my Raspbian Jessie from. You can install it from NOOBS

[wtidwell]

@Mykle1

Well I just installed everything on a brand new SanDisk extreme u3 MicroSD. And it’s still using all my dang cpu and the transitions are still so laggy.

I think I’ve tried everything at this point.

[Mykle1]

@wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

I think I’ve tried everything at this point.

Damn! :-(

[wtidwell]

@Mykle1
Is there anything to do after using the install script? Am I missing some next step?

[Mykle1]

@wtidwell said in Electron CPU usage:

Is there anything to do after using the install script? Am I missing some next step?

You could try this, but I don’t think it’s anything you’re doing or not doing. MM is running, it’s just not running well. I left you another suggestion in the other topic you posted in.

Updating your MagicMirror²

If you want to update your MagicMirror² to the latest version, use your terminal to go to your Magic Mirror folder and type the following command:

git pull && npm install
If you changed nothing more than the config or the modules, this should work without any problems. Type git status to see your changes, if there are any, you can reset them with git reset --hard. After that, git pull should be possible.

[TiemenMoesker]

I am having the exact same problem. It is so frustrating.

[wtidwell]

@TiemenMoesker
I’m really sorry =/ I don’t have any better information for you, maybe you can fix yours. Mine is still busted…

[TiemenMoesker]

In details: My mm time is running fine until an animation happens, the time freezes and the choppy animation accurs. When the animation is done the time starts again and it speeds up to the point it should be. Also I noticed that every time the animation happens the CPU jumps to 90+% usage. The pi itself also goes extremely hot.

I bought my raspberry from coolblue.nl 4 days ago.

[bhepler]

Have you guys tried allocating more memory to the GPU? I think the default is like 64MB or something. I bumped mine to 128MB a while ago.

One other dumb suggestion: Did you remove the nonessential stuff from your Raspian installs? The Minecraft, Wolfram Alpha, etc. as per the complete setup tutorial?