so, are you saying that the amount of RAM that X is using is ok? or is
there something amiss here with the amount that it's using?
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Alexander poslavsky wrote:
>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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