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(SOLVED) High CPU usage
« on: May 27, 2010, 12:44:17 AM »
Hi

since doing some pass upgrades over the past week my at rest cpu usage has gone from around 8-15% to 27 - 33% while just running the desktop. I am assuming it may be something upgraded but this is just a guess. Is anyone else experiencing this or does anyone have an idea as to possible causes? A third of processing power before I even do anything seems a touch excessive.

When I run "top" the two at the head of the list are plasma desktop and X together they account for up to 25% of usage followed by compiz at 5%

My system is an AMD X2 5600+  with 8GB of ram on a  2.6.33.4-pclos.pae kernel.

I have done a search and checked out a few things but turned up nothing so any insights offered would be appreciated. Thank you

EDIT: I ended up replacing the .kde4 folder and went back to basics, usage dropped to under 10%, seems like it was probably something I did.

« Last Edit: May 27, 2010, 01:51:38 AM by beta1 »
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