why is kdm running at all?

[Bill Walton]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:15 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 07/17/2011 04:18 PM, Bill Walton wrote:
>> I've got an ec2 instance running 8.04 LTS.  It started life as an ami
>> that Eric Hammond created / contributed.  TOP is showing kdm taking
>> 95-100% cpu.  Why is kdm running at all on a server that can't be
>> accessed via anything but ssh?   Much less talking that much cpu?  Is
>> there something I can do to reduce / eliminate the usage by kdm?
>
> Don't know. You could always ask on:
> http://alestic.com/support

Agreed.  Should have thought of that.  Just posted the question there.

But let me ask it differently.  Is there a reason that kdm on Hardy
would be running at a high level of cpu utilization, or any
utilization at all, when there is nothing but an ssh terminal
accessing it for display purposes?  Does kdm serve uses other than
terminal / screen output that might explain this?

Thanks,
Bill