Re: kapm-idle
Thanks to all who answered. I can sleep much better now... Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: Hi Tom, When ever I check 'top' this thing is cranking away like crazy. Especially when I first resume my notebook. What is it? kapm-idled -- kernel apm idle daemon
Re: kapm-idle
Hi Tom, > When ever I check 'top' this thing is cranking away like crazy. > Especially when I first resume my notebook. > > What is it? kapm-idled -- kernel apm idle daemon > What does it do? Showing how much your CPU is doing nothing. IE = 100% - It's not slowing your machine down, at all. > Why do I care? How do I know? Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/ pgpZr6UAe5teJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: kapm-idle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think you will see the process iff the "Make CPU Idle calls when idle" option of APM is set in your kernel. James On Wednesday 28 November 2001 04:07, Tom Allison wrote: > What is this? > When ever I check 'top' this thing is cranking away like crazy. > Especially when I first resume my notebook. > > What is it? > What does it do? > Why do I care? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8BFIAQRMwEXZtsSARAoDlAKCIr0PTzR5K5/4p1XBPfVaD7zI1TgCfYgXk AmbExiGm3uiHAigBrQ6i+0g= =HDmy -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: kapm-idle
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 09:07:31PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > > What is this? I believe that kapm-idled is a kernel process. You've probably got APM (power management) enabled in your kernel. > When ever I check 'top' this thing is cranking away like crazy. It's taking up all your processor's idle time and doing some special APM thing with it. I've got it too and I'm not running KDE. Ciao, Gordon