Re: kapm-idle

2001-11-28 Thread Tom Allison
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

2001-11-27 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
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 do

Re: kapm-idle

2001-11-27 Thread James Hirschorn
-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 c

Re: kapm-idle

2001-11-27 Thread Gordon Tyler
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