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Artaudd · 07-17-2001, 03:34 AM

i just put linux on machine, 1.2 athlon t-b-ird epox mobo, 256 mb ddr ram
64mb geforce 2 pro , ibm 40 gb harddrive. my problem is that one of the first things i did was installed a couple applets in my panels and one was cpu monitor and i noticed it was going crazy. so i went into applications/monitors/processes monitor and 3 or more programs were taking up 99.99% of my cpu . and i could tell this at times because the system would not respond quickly. one of them is kapm-idled . usually there is just 3 and that is the first one by root user, pid 3. when i go into console mode the only one that takes up cpu resource is this one , like 80% in console mode. I did a search on altavista to find out what it is and i saw a post in german but i could guess what it means.....kapm-idled frisst 70% Prozessorleistung!. lol i think this guy is having the same problem. kapm is a monitor that monitors your computers apm. what apm stands for im not sure, but does anyone have some insight as to what i should do about this.

07-17-2001, 03:34 AM	#1
Artaudd Member (8 bit) Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Fairfax, Virginia Posts: 173	problem with cpu resources i just put linux on machine, 1.2 athlon t-b-ird epox mobo, 256 mb ddr ram 64mb geforce 2 pro , ibm 40 gb harddrive. my problem is that one of the first things i did was installed a couple applets in my panels and one was cpu monitor and i noticed it was going crazy. so i went into applications/monitors/processes monitor and 3 or more programs were taking up 99.99% of my cpu . and i could tell this at times because the system would not respond quickly. one of them is kapm-idled . usually there is just 3 and that is the first one by root user, pid 3. when i go into console mode the only one that takes up cpu resource is this one , like 80% in console mode. I did a search on altavista to find out what it is and i saw a post in german but i could guess what it means.....kapm-idled frisst 70% Prozessorleistung!. lol i think this guy is having the same problem. kapm is a monitor that monitors your computers apm. what apm stands for im not sure, but does anyone have some insight as to what i should do about this.