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
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
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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
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
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