Re: [expert] kapm-idled

2002-01-13 Thread Michael Leone
On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 09:35, Scott wrote: Can anyone direct me to what kapm-idled is and why it takes on average 60% of my CPU. This is a test server with no power management enabled. I want to disable it if possible. Mandrake ProSuite 8.1 with kernel 2.4.8-34. kapm-idled is kpam-IDLEd

Re: [expert] kapm-idled

2002-01-13 Thread Scott
I guess I am confused, in top it shows my system as being 50% idle, then kapm-idled is showing as 48% of the CPU and other processes making up the rest. -Scott On Sunday 13 January 2002 11:39 am, Michael Leone wrote: kapm-idled is kpam-IDLEd - the time your CPU is idle. It's not an executing

Re: [expert] kapm-idled

2002-01-13 Thread J. Craig Woods
At 12:24 PM 1/13/2002 -0500, Scott wrote: I guess I am confused, in top it shows my system as being 50% idle, then kapm-idled is showing as 48% of the CPU and other processes making up the rest. -Scott On Sunday 13 January 2002 11:39 am, Michael Leone wrote: kapm-idled is kpam-IDLEd - the time

Re: [expert] kapm-idled

2002-01-13 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 13 January 2002 11:24 am, Scott wrote: I guess I am confused, in top it shows my system as being 50% idle, then kapm-idled is showing as 48% of the CPU and other processes making up the rest. -Scott Another kapm-idled related question: In dmesg, I see Checking 'hlt'

Re: [expert] kapm-idled

2002-01-13 Thread Scott
On Sunday 13 January 2002 12:47 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: If you are confused, you are in very good company. Over the couple of years I have been hanging on this list, this issue has come up time and time again. According to the Mandrake folks, i.e. Civileme, this is just the way the Mandrake

Re: [expert] kapm-idled

2002-01-13 Thread Oscar
El dom, 13-01-2002 a las 15:35, Scott escribió: Can anyone direct me to what kapm-idled is and why it takes on average 60% of my CPU. This is a test server with no power management enabled. I want to disable it if possible. Mandrake ProSuite 8.1 with kernel 2.4.8-34. The machine is

Re: [expert] kapm-idled consuming all cpu

2001-12-13 Thread Oscar
El mié, 12-12-2001 a las 23:47, Bill Kenworthy escribió: Also on a laptop is supposed to create power savings and reduced heat output from the cpu. Anyone know where the docs are for this? man kapm-idled produces nothing - easy to find documenmtation on the system via man, info etc is

Re: [expert] kapm-idled consuming all cpu

2001-12-12 Thread Hoyt Duff
On Wednesday 12 December 2001 11:35 am, you wrote: Hi everybody! I installed Mandrake 8.1 on my laptop compap presario 1200, apparently successfully. However, the kapm-idled is consuming 80% of my CPU! Does anyone know how to fix this problem? It's not a problem --

Re: [expert] kapm-idled consuming all cpu

2001-12-12 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Also on a laptop is supposed to create power savings and reduced heat output from the cpu. Anyone know where the docs are for this? man kapm-idled produces nothing - easy to find documenmtation on the system via man, info etc is getting worse as Linux grows up! BillK On Thu, 2001-12-13 at

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-24 Thread Hoyt
On Friday 24 August 2001 11:43 am, Alfredo Cole may or may not have written: El Viernes 24 Agosto 2001 09:12, escribiste: So sprach »Mark Weaver« am 2001-08-23 um 16:37:59 -0400 : Plain and simple i said what was on my mind and it was completely within the bounds as a proper response to

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Hoyt
On Thursday 23 August 2001 11:10 am, Mark Weaver methodically organized electrons to state: Hi list, there's something strange here on my Mandrake 8.0 box and try as i might i can't find it to kill it! it seems to be a process of some sort that when it runs it cripples my system making it

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread FLYNN, Steve
It's an idle task there to soak up unused CPU cycles. It should run at 100% - whatever %ge the rest of the box is using. It's not actually using the CPU cycles that top shows - it just credited with them in the accounting files. It's not your problem. CPU states: 5.3% user, 20.5% system,

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Alan N.
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FLYNN, Steve Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:30 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] kapm-idled It's an idle task there to soak up unused CPU cycles. It should run at 100% - whatever %ge

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Wow! thank you Steve, things are beginning to fall into place. i first noticed the condition described soon after installation and use. i was curious about Gnome/Sawfish so i started that desktop and found it gorgeous. but also very resource intensive. Then, i started looking around to see if i

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Of FLYNN, Steve Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:30 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] kapm-idled It's an idle task there to soak up unused CPU cycles. It should run at 100% - whatever %ge the rest of the box is using. It's not actually using the CPU cycles that top shows

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Alexander poslavsky
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

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread J.P.Pasnak
On August 23, 2001 09:50 am, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok, hoyt... clearly either you got up on the wrong side of the keyboard, or you're just normally a smart ass with few people skills. actually, since i've been a long time subscriber to this list the MAIL LIST ARCHIVES was the first place i

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Doug Gough
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] kapm-idled On August 23, 2001 09:50 am, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok, hoyt... clearly either you got up on the wrong side of the keyboard, or you're just normally a smart ass with few people skills. actually, since i've been a long time

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Civileme, it's interesting that you would point that very thing out because i've got exactly that on this system. Windows lives on the WD drive and Mandrake on the Maxtor drive. Would this till have a bearing on the problem? -- daRcmaTTeR =/\=??? |%C++ Beware of little sins. Mosquitoes

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
HA! :) laughing heartily J.P. thats good and thank you for the links. -- daRcmaTTeR =/\=??? |%C++ Beware of little sins. Mosquitoes drink more blood than lions. Author unknown On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, J.P.Pasnak wrote: On August 23, 2001 09:50 am,

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
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? -- daRcmaTTeR =/\=??? |%C++ Beware of little sins. Mosquitoes drink more blood than lions. Author unknown On Thu, 23

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
-Original Message- From:J.P.Pasnak [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] kapm-idled On August 23, 2001 09:50 am, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok, hoyt... clearly either you got up on the wrong

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [expert] kapm-idled so, are you saying that the amount of RAM

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Alfredo Cole
El Jueves 23 Agosto 2001 11:56, escribiste: Doug, normally that is not the kind of response i post to the list as i stated somewhere in the this thread. however, that is the kind of response i send to people from time to time who _assume_ they're chastising a youngster who hasn't taken the

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Ok, hoyt... clearly either you got up on the wrong side of the keyboard, or you're just normally a smart ass with few people skills. actually, since i've been a long time subscriber to this list the MAIL LIST ARCHIVES was the first place i looked. whereupon, finding NO information there OR on my

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Mark Weaver« am 2001-08-23 um 11:50:27 -0400 : been a long time subscriber to this list the MAIL LIST ARCHIVES was the Don't know about this list, but it's all over the common linux help forums. But anyhow, you asked here, and you get an answer here. first place i looked.

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread civileme
On Thursday 23 August 2001 11:50, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok, hoyt... clearly either you got up on the wrong side of the keyboard, or you're just normally a smart ass with few people skills. actually, since i've been a long time subscriber to this list the MAIL LIST ARCHIVES was the first place

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread civileme
On Thursday 23 August 2001 11:10, Mark Weaver wrote: Hi list, there's something strange here on my Mandrake 8.0 box and try as i might i can't find it to kill it! it seems to be a process of some sort that when it runs it cripples my system making it impossible to get any work done. what

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Alan N.« am 2001-08-23 um 12:02:25 -0400 : This is the main reason I'm using redhat now. I simply could not deal with the sluggishness. Which nothing has to do with the kapm-idled Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english)

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Vincent Danen
On Thu Aug 23, 2001 at 11:10:01AM -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: there's something strange here on my Mandrake 8.0 box and try as i might i can't find it to kill it! it seems to be a process of some sort that when it runs it cripples my system making it impossible to get any work done. what ever

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread civileme
On Thursday 23 August 2001 13:46, Mark Weaver wrote: Civileme, it's interesting that you would point that very thing out because i've got exactly that on this system. Windows lives on the WD drive and Mandrake on the Maxtor drive. Would this till have a bearing on the problem?

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Hoyt
Message- From: J.P.Pasnak [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [expert] kapm-idled On August 23, 2001 09:50 am, Mark Weaver wrote: OK, Hoyt... clearly either you got up on the wrong side

Re: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
O please Alfred...get a grip. Things aren't as nice, clean, utopian, and politically correct as some would prefer them to be. now and then its just good to speak whats on yer mind. tis always better to be real rather than insult the intelligence of others by false, or pretended politeness.

RE: [expert] kapm-idled????

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [expert] kapm-idled so, are you saying

Re: [expert] kapm-idled again

2001-04-05 Thread Civileme
On Thursday 05 April 2001 18:12, you wrote: Why does this process keep sucking up 50% of CPU ? Other posts have asked why this is compiled by default in the later stock Mandrake kernels and I switched from kernel-2.4.0-5mdkcrypto and have been using ; kernel-2.4.1-16mdk with no problem

Re: [expert] kapm-idled again

2001-04-05 Thread Angus Beath
Amen dude. It sucks, esp. with a laptop. The only way to get rid of the damn thing is to recompile your kernel. Anyhoo - Mandrake - please get rid of this! Thanks Angus Written by William Bouterse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Why does this process keep sucking up 50% of CPU ? Other posts have asked

Re: [expert] kapm-idled Still Eating Memory

2001-02-01 Thread william bouterse
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

Re: [expert] kapm-idled Still Eating Memory

2001-02-01 Thread Muzza
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