I installed E DR17 yesterday (with the help of Prof K's RPMS and advice) and was troubled that it was using 40-80% of the system CPU, even if the PC was sitting idle. I started searching posts in this list and saw Raster's blog, which (2 years ago) showed that E with no modules was very fast and light. But on my system, it was bloated and sometimes slow.
What the hell? I removed modules one by one until the CPU usage dropped into the normal (less than 5% range) and, guess what (drum roll please): The battery module was the culprit! In this Dell D820 laptop, I have 2 batteries. One is the usual, one is in the so-called "external bay" and it can be swapped for a CDROM. I should have realized E was having trouble with this because the battery monitor reported nutty values like 143% and it constantly told me my battery was almost out of power. Removing the battery module solves the CPU problem. What a relief. I realized I can run "gnome-panel" or the KDE kicker on one side, and the E shelf on the other, and can use the battery monitor from those other programs. I did remove the second battery and try the battery module again, but it still showed high CPU usage. So I don't know for sure what to conclude. Perhaps the whole framework of the motherboard & chassis has it confused? If any developers want more information to investigate this, or you want me to file a formal bug report (in case this is not known already) I will do. pj -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
