CPU TEMP

[Ric Moore]

On 02/24/2013 08:49 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 24/02/13 23:48, Ross Schoenauer wrote:
>> On 02/23/2013 08:57 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> in a terminal, the command 'sudo ps aux' - use Shift-PageUp to go to
>>> the top, and work your way down with Shift-PageDown.
>> I have a blue tooth keyboard, and if I turn it off to save battery
>> between using it one of my CPUs goes to 98-100% and stays there until
>> I turn it back on. Then goes back to normal.  The same thing happens
>> if I do not use the keyboard for an extended time. When this happens
>> all I have to do is hit a couple of keys to bring the usage back to
>> normal.  I use GkrellM on the side of my monitor so I am aware when it
>> happens.  I guess I can live with this.
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Ross
>
> Hey, that's a novel way of running a computer: you disconnect a device
> and the cpu starts to work; reconnect the device and the cpu stops
> working. I wonder if all computers are meant to work this way? :-)
>
> Probably what is happening is that some apps need to have access the
> keyboard and when they cannot then they go into panic mode and start
> furiously looking for it - which is why the cpu goes to 100%. It would
> therefore be worthwhile to find out which app or apps are causing this
> peaking of cpu because there may be a way (a config file perhaps) which
> may stop this.

The fun part is that he has to lift the lid to find out. That's like 
playing "Whack-a-Mole" with a lap top. <cackles> Ric

p/s seriously there should be something in his various log files 
describing what went crazy and then googling on that.

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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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