%% Sven Gaerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  sg> I'm running Debian woody with a 2.4.0 kernel. I configure my
  sg> kernel not to use ACPI but APM. When my system runs one process
  sg> (kapm-idled) is using about 60% of my cpu time. I'm a little bit
  sg> confused if this is right.

It is right.

  sg> Can anybody tell me how to decrease this cpu usage or if this is
  sg> 'normal' for this process.

It's normal.  That represents the idle CPU (that's why it's called
"idled").  If any process on your system wants that CPU, it'll get
it.

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