100% CPU history in Jaunty

[Steven Susbauer]

On Mon, 18 May 2009 20:47:22 -0500, Craig Hagerman <craig at hagerman.ca>  
wrote:

> I just upgraded to Jaunty yesterday. I noticed that my CPU fan has
> been on all the time (I use AMD frequency scaling) and it is running
> hot. It has been over 50 degrees C where it is normally around 34 or
> so. When I ran top or checked System Monitor  > Processes it doesn't
> show anything taking up the CPU. However in System Monitor > Resources
> it has shown 100% CPU usage since upgrading. That is odd. Normally if
> I have 100% CPU usage in that Resources tab the Processes tab or 'top'
> utility will also show the same and identify what is using up the CPU.
> But not in this case.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why I am getting 100% CPU usage but the
> culprit isn't showing up in top / System Monitor > Processes? How can
> I otherwise identify the offending program? Any other ideas about what
> might be going on here?
>
> Craig
>

Make sure you have View> All Processes and not just the processes for your  
user.


   Steve