# \[SOLUTION\] Pipewire using 100% of one CPU core

**URL:** https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/solution-pipewire-using-100-of-one-cpu-core/2200
**Category:** Kernel
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/solution-pipewire-using-100-of-one-cpu-core/2200 "2025-03-24T20:58:20Z")
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### Author: ![nekomancer](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@nekomancer](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/nekomancer)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/solution-pipewire-using-100-of-one-cpu-core/2200/1 "2025-03-24T20:58:20Z")

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Hello everyone on the forum. If you, like me, encountered the same problem (the pipewire process uses 100% of one CPU core) after recent updates, and for some reason you have kernel version 6.1 (linux61) installed - there is a solution: update the kernel to linux613 or linux66 and reboot your device, this should help restore normal system functionality.

Screenshots before and after kernel update:

 ![2025-03-25_01-08](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/00775a32325a86dbe3bd9ea41ca443e3c74f0386.png)  
 ![2025-03-25_01-37](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/aab32b63c4628625ef26f7e443736bc3b79c0f90.png)

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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/solution-pipewire-using-100-of-one-cpu-core/2200/2 "2025-03-26T10:48:02Z")

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I cannot reproduce this.  
Switched from 6.12 to 6.1 to test and all works fine.

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### Author: ![nekomancer](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@nekomancer](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/nekomancer)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/solution-pipewire-using-100-of-one-cpu-core/2200/3 "2025-03-26T11:00:40Z")

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The problem has recently arisen for some manjaro users, maybe it is a conflict of some specific packages that are installed by all these people  
src: [Pipewire process using 100% of CPU - Software & Applications - Manjaro Linux Forum](https://forum.manjaro.org/t/pipewire-process-using-100-of-cpu/175805)

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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/solution-pipewire-using-100-of-one-cpu-core/2200/4 "2025-03-26T11:05:53Z")

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Seems it is fixed by Philip Müller already.  
I tested today, so seems the patch is working 😉

> **[Pipewire process using 100% of CPU](https://forum.manjaro.org/t/pipewire-process-using-100-of-cpu/175805/18?u=napcok)**
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> I applied tha patch