CPU TEMP

[Basil Chupin]

On 26/02/13 08:36, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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.

He sounds like he knows something so I didn't want to go to the extreme 
of pointing out to him that there would be logs which may indicate where 
the problem may lie; but the other thing, of course, is that if the 
blue-tooth k/board is disconnected and the cpu usage goes up then the 
only way to do something like 'sudo ps aux' would be from another 
computer on a network :-) .

But, as the man said, he is happy with his situation.

BC

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