On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > I wonder what the process kapm-idled, which shows up > when I run the top command as the process using the > most cpu resources. Is this a necessary process or can > I be removed. I also run freeBSD and the CPU in this > last one looks a lot less loaded since it doesnt have > kapm-idled running. >
kapm-idled is a phantom process. It's not actually taking up resources but shows how idle your system is. It's been the subject of a FAQ too, and google has several links. In short, it's not a bad thing. :)
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