Karmic Kubuntu with the latest kernel updates lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200] (rev a3)
ps aux --sort=+%cpu user 1846 32.7 2.7 321144 14208 ? Rl Dec09 13:46 kdeinit4: plasma-desktop [kdeinit] root 1480 37.0 2.7 42520 13880 tty7 Rs+ Dec09 15:47 /usr/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-NjxuWa doesnt seem to matter what i have running, CPU usage is always up with those two. i realize i have an old graphics card but within the recommended hardware. desktop bg is a plain colour, nothing fancy. have one panel with 5 widgets. default desktop effects and possibly less enabled. i do have KSensors in the tray to monitor CPU temp since i typically run near 100% usage causing heat issues. there was only one time when i noticed the CPU usage drop off which occurred right after a boot. as soon as i started an app the usage jumped back up and stayed there even after closing it. im not comfortable enough with linux processes to know which ones i can kill. -- kdeinit4: plasma-desktop takes 60-90% of CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
