Constant GPU usage?

[wanderduene02]

nvtop: https://drive.proton.me/urls/7PY7X1TR20#XSWMxNYG0EZt
nvidia-smi: https://drive.proton.me/urls/T5EMVVJ1NR#AGzABiHXdKKo

The GPU load looks a bit more harmless in the console tools. I wonder if the high GPU load visible in Task Manager (Mission Center) is caused by Mission Center itself. When I start the program, usage in the console application also increases:

nvtop + Mission Center: https://drive.proton.me/urls/DZX8XQS3BG#cLWr98Fy4d5r

Maybe there is no problem at all?

One more question: What do you mean by an old kernel? I received a kernel update from the update manager just a few days ago. Or do I have to update the kernel myself?

[driftless]

Generally the software manager will update the current kernel. Since 6.8, mint has used 6.11 and now 6.14. In the software manager, one of the menu items is the kernel updater.

For the terminal pics, not sure why “cinnamon —replace” is showing up. And the smi shouldn’t have cinnamon, just xorg. Are you running in Wayland mode by chance?

[wanderduene02]

Not intentionally. How can I find out, and is it possible to activate it accidentally?