100% CPU solved

[wcj9996]

On 05/05/2012 02:00 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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
>
>
Ric, Thanks for the reminder.  How about if I run:
          sudo apt-get remove --purge virtuoso-nepomuk

   walt

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