On Mon, 2001-09-03 at 22:34, Eric G. Miller wrote: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 05:07:47AM +0800, csj wrote: > > What is kapm-idled and why is it consuming up to 80% CPU? It's most > > malevolent when my computer is doing nothing useful. What's the graceful > > way to disable or shut it down (assuming that doing so would not harm my > > system)? > > > > apropos kapm > > kapm: nothing appropriate > > AFAIK, kapm-idled has something to do with apm management on newer > kernels. That 80% CPU usage is apparently something of a lie, since > when this process is switched in, it isn't doing anything (e.g. 80% > idled, or some such). I'm still running in 2.2.x land, so maybe someone > else can give a better explanation...
That's right. kapm-idled is the idle time daemon in kernel 2.4.x. It runs when the processor is not doing anything and calls the idle/call instructions to cool the processor/slow the processor/save battery. Ross Burton
