On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:10:01 -0400 (EDT) Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [kapm-idled] Your poor 266 cpu is thanking you! kapm-idled is a kernel daemon that constantly sends idle calls to your cpu. On laptops, making the idle call actually puts the cpu into a state where it saves more power. It doesn't hurt your cpu, but rather, is by design. Just for reference, kapm-idled stands for: K(ernel) A(dvanced) P(ower) M(anagement) Idle D(aemon) Its also worthy to note that kernel threads and processes can't be killed from userland. (From some list) "FLYNN, Steve" wrote: Also, I notice that X seems to consuming a hell of a lot of ram on your machine - I don't have an Mandrake 8.0 machine here at work, to check but I'm sure my box with 256 meg doesn't have 37M sucked up by X! Yes it does, sometimes even more (I've got 256) top: 1651 root 18 0 51692 50M 2364 R 2.9 20.2 2:19 X ah, now I'm not a lurker anymore.
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