100% CPU solved

[Ric Moore]

On 05/05/2012 04:01 PM, wcj9996 wrote:
> On 05/05/2012 11:09 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>> On Sat, 05 May 2012 10:55:17 -0700
>> wcj9996<wcj9996 at frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> I am running 10.04 on an AMD-64 CPU. I have been noticing a slowdown
>>> on occasion for several months. System Monitor shows 100% CPU and
>>> more network activity than I would expect. This occurs when Firefox
>>> and Thunderbird are running. Running 'top' shows 'virtuoso-t'
>>> taking 46.9% of CPU and two instances of 'nepomukservices' taking
>>> 18% and 15% of CPU.
>>>
>>> Are these malware of some kind?
>> Malware, yes, in the fact that they are installed without your
>> knowledge/permission. Welcome to KDE. Master knows best.
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> walt
>> Cybe R. Wizard
> Replying to my own message.
>
> Thank you Sonny and Cybe for the clues I needed to find the source of
> the problem. It appears to have been fixed. This is what I did. First I
> tried the suggestions I found on Google. No change.
>
> Then I went in to /usr/bin and renamed all of the executable files
> containing "nepo*".
> They are after renaming:
> save-akonadi_nepomuk_calendar_feeder
> save-akonadi_nepomuk_contact_feeder
> save-akonadi_nepomuktag_resource
> save-nepomuk-rcgen
> save-nepomukserver
> save-nepomukservicestub
>
> This seems to have solved the problem. I am using UBUNTU 10.04 and gnome 2.

Next system update will put them right back. Sorry. :) Ric


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