Thread: Maemo has 100+ processes running when idle! Why? Can they be killed?
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colnago is offline colnago
2010-01-08 , 19:08
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
The CPU usage 28% is what would annoy me. Does it stay that high? Looking at the processes hildon is the second highest - that doesn't surprise me.. on normal desktops X-windows tends to spike every now and then..

But 13% CPU and 1% Mem just for pulseaudio... damn. I heard people complaining about pulseaudio's usage around here... but still.. damn. On a mobile device that sucks. Does it stay that high?

ETA: Not *quite* as bad as I thought.. your processor is downclocked to 250mhz (it's like speed-stepping on a laptop). So the 28% isn't as scary as I first thought. Still - seems high.


Note on the pulse audio, I think that is just for the "beeping" for the 20 second timer for a "screenshot". Once I take the pic, process utilization normalizes to like 3% at most, for Conky.

The top (4) process are pretty much Conky, @ 2-3%, and some others at less than 1%. I guess I'm looking at it from a Windows PC standpoint...and maybe the DROID as well. Even though the processes were listed , they weren't hitting the processor/battery. I was just shocked to see so many, but if the system architecture is "different", so be it.

Maybe if the 900 had a power/battery usage monitor, something like this (for the less command line inclined):