CPU hovers at 99-100%, plasma the culprit

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Fri, 10/10/08, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:

> From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: CPU hovers at 99-100%, plasma the culprit
> To: olivares14031 at yahoo.com, "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 9:59 AM
> 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

I am not running any desktop effects.  If I revert to Fedora 9 on the same machine all is well.  Some update is causing the trouble :(

Regards,

Antonio