On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:15, william bouterse wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Angus Beath wrote:
> > According to this from rpmfind : Advanced Power Management dock applet
> > for the K Desktop Environment. I don't understand why a
> > power management system uses up so much CPU time when the object of the
> > exersize is to preserve power. Any ideas on how to get rid of it?
>
> a "locate" kapm, kapmd, kapm-idle etc. finds no mention
> of kapm?
>
> Then Safrax wrote:
> >This would be a powersaving (correct me if im wrong please) and heat
>
> reducing
>
> >feature. It sends a command to turn your cpu off when its not doing
> >something and this command shows a false usage. Think of the 55-85% as
>
> 55%
>
> >of your cpu is off 45% is on doing something.
>
> I like this description yet high CPU state with kapm-idle involved always
> results in an eventuall XFS crapout. Also today it even shutdown the
> machine and
> reboot involved manually fsck'ing due to multiple inode/node errors.
>
> > william bouterse wrote:
> > > Can anyone shed some light on this.
> > > My system mentioned earlier in another post
> > > still finds itself the victim of 55-85% CPU usage
> > > from 'kapm-idled' . What is this? Why is this happening?
>
> So either the cpu is getting too hot, or kapm is giving faulty info. This
> was not happening
> before installation of :
> kde2.1 beta2
> Xfree4.0.2-4
> kernel 2.4.0-5crypto
> I guess tracking down the culprit could prove interesting.
> Help with where to find and disable kapm might be nice.
>
> Thanks for the help so far people!
>
> William Bouterse
> Talkeetna, Alaska
The kernel 2.4.0-5crypto is at fault. It has been compiled with apm uses cpu
cycles when idle activated. Recompile the kernel after changing this option
to No and all will be well again.
--
CYA,
Muzza.
Current Linux uptime: 7 hours 34 minutes.
