Hi
The process that takes about 50% cpu all the time (that is when the computer is
"resting") is kapm-idled. I also was alarmed when I saw that the first time, so I
searched for it in the kernel mailing list and I've learned that this is an "idle"
process (some unix kernels use this method but until now not linux). the 'bug' here is
a cosmetic one. in order to figure out how 'idle' is your computer you have to add the
kapm-idled cpu with the idle cpu (on the third row in 'top').
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:18:08AM +1000, Andrew George wrote:
> HI,
> Just wondering, I installed MDK 8 on a spare partition and took it for a test
> drive.
> Overall it didn't look to bad, but I noticed that cpu usage seemed pretty high
> Anyone know if thats from the 2.4.3 Kernel or something gaga with the various
> monitoring tools? (K system monitor acted really bizzarly....three processes
> at 99% Kernel usage)
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>
Bye
--
Haim
