1 Feb
2014
1 Feb
'14
7:13 p.m.
You are correct that the CPU use is in the 3-5% range,
that in
itself isn't the
problem. The problem is that it is ALWAYS 3-5% and ALWAYS at the
top of the
list. That signifies a runaway process in tdepowersave that is not
playing
nicely. tdepowersave should only require 3-5% of the cpu when it
does something,
not continually. tdepowersave should only be monitoring input and
starting
timers, screensavers, suspend, etc.... Those are all negligible
and darn sure
less that was X is doing. So there is a live Gremlin in
tdepowersave somewhere....
Yes, I understood that ALWAYS 3% is an unhealthy indication. That
was what I was implying when I shared that kmix and knotification-
daemon were always at about 2%.
I don't know whether Slavek's patch will remedy the ALWAYS problem,
but we should look at all three apps for why they are consistently
at the top of top.
Darrell