CPU hovers at 99-100%, plasma the culprit

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 10 October 2008 17:28:46 Antonio Olivares wrote:
> --- On Fri, 10/10/08, Jerry Amundson <jamundso at gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: Jerry Amundson <jamundso at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: CPU hovers at 99-100%, plasma the culprit
> > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> > <fedora-test-list at redhat.com> Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 8:39 AM
> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Antonio Olivares
> >
> > <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Dear fellow testers,
> > >
> > > CPU is hovering at 99 to 100%.  running Top shows
> >
> > plasma is taking it up.  Logging out and back in makes no
> > difference.  Something is wrong with plasma from new updates
> >
> > :(
> >
> > Mine is normal. Tried with another user? (yes, that's
> > kind of a
> > standard test for me, with desktop sessions anyway :-).
> >
> >
> > jerry
> > --
> > There's plenty of youth in America - it's time we
> > find the "fountain of smart".
> >
> > --
>
> On two machines it does the same thing :( and with different users also :(
>
This is often caused by Desktop Effects running with a video card that it 
doesn't suit.  Try turning off any effects.  If that cures it you may be able 
to selectively enable effects.

Anne

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