[newbie] kapm-idled

2001-12-16 Thread Florian
Hello i just finished configuring a new desktop machine and a samba, print, nfs, server, gateway (weeew). On the desktop machine (athlon 1333 ddrram etc.) running Mandrake 8.1 with kde 2.2.2 and a kernell 2.4.13, i suddenly realised the a prozess called kapm-idled uses between 15 and 40% of my

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled

2001-12-16 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 16 December 2001 02:58 pm, Florian wrote: Hello i just finished configuring a new desktop machine and a samba, print, nfs, server, gateway (weeew). On the desktop machine (athlon 1333 ddrram etc.) running Mandrake 8.1 with kde 2.2.2 and a kernell 2.4.13, i suddenly realised the a

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled

2001-12-16 Thread Florian
Hi Don't worry about it -- it's a process that keeps track of idle CPU time. Ok thanks now i got it (pheew) now i can go to sleep and dream of penguins =). Good concept actually nice work linus! If you want further information, look up last week's (Thursday, 12/13/01) thread under the same

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-12-03 Thread Travis Olds
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, NDPTAL85 wrote: In top what is kapm-idled and why is it taking up all of my CPU time? Is it just marking how much idle CPU time there is? Not quite its actually the kernels advanced power management process. What normally happens when your machine is idle, has nothing to

[newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-11-30 Thread NDPTAL85
In top what is kapm-idled and why is it taking up all of my CPU time? Is it just marking how much idle CPU time there is? I'm using Mandrake 8.1 with 2.4.13-12mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-11-30 Thread Neville Cobb
that jibe with your experience? ::mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of NDPTAL85 Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] kapm-idled? In top what is kapm-idled and why is it taking up all of my CPU time

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-11-30 Thread NDPTAL85
I'm running KDE. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-11-30 Thread civileme
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:11 am, NDPTAL85 wrote: In top what is kapm-idled and why is it taking up all of my CPU time? Is it just marking how much idle CPU time there is? I'm using Mandrake 8.1 with 2.4.13-12mdk Very good guess! It is recording the idle cycles. Civileme Want to buy

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled

2001-10-26 Thread bascule
i don't think you need to worry, the moment you run something else kapm-idled just 'gives way' and releases cpu cycles, i don't know it's for exactly but i've read that it just uses up 'spare' cycles, i guess it is to do with power managment and being idle bascule On Friday 26 October 2001

RE: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-26 Thread FLYNN, Steve
] kapm-idled? The characteristic as seen on my 8.1b3 machine - 850Mhz Duron with 512MB - is that if nothing else is happening I see a background usage of about 45% utilitzation if I am eyeballing the little usage display accurately. However, as soon as I move

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-26 Thread etharp
Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Rick Commo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [newbie] kapm-idled? The characteristic

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-22 Thread etharp
it is a measurement of the IDLED (as in not running, sitting still) CPU for the reading of AdvancedPowerMangagment. and is not an illusion, it is required for Mandrake8.0+ On Saturday 22 September 2001 01:19, you wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, s wrote: On Friday 21 September 2001 10:46 pm,

[newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
What the heck is this and why is it always sucking so much of my CPU? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-21 Thread s
On Friday 21 September 2001 10:46 pm, Manuel Drake wrote: What the heck is this and why is it always sucking so much of my CPU? Please do a search, this has been discussed to death on all the forums. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, s wrote: On Friday 21 September 2001 10:46 pm, Manuel Drake wrote: What the heck is this and why is it always sucking so much of my CPU? Please do a search, this has been discussed to death on all the forums. Ok, read up... Hrmm, so I guess it's only an illusion?

[newbie] kapm-idled - what is it why does it chew up my CPU?

2001-05-06 Thread skip
I just upgraded from Mandrake 7.1 to 8.0 a few days ago. I notice that when the system is otherwise idle a process calling itself kapm-idled runs, consuming 75-80% of the CPU. Top shows its size as 0. What is it? Thanks, -- Skip Montanaro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (847)971-7098

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled - what is it why does it chew up my CPU?

2001-05-06 Thread Civileme
On Sunday 06 May 2001 15:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded from Mandrake 7.1 to 8.0 a few days ago. I notice that when the system is otherwise idle a process calling itself kapm-idled runs, consuming 75-80% of the CPU. Top shows its size as 0. What is it? Thanks, It isn't

[newbie] kapm-idled, 8.0, can't rebuild kernel, locking up.

2001-04-21 Thread abram olson
what is this kapm-idled thing and why can I not kill it? Why can I not disable it? Why is it absolutely there against my will? It takes up between 50 and 100% of my cpu on all monitoring progs making them USELESS and eventually causes my system to lock and crash. I uninstalled ALL kde