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From: Roy Wright <roy@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.2.1 lancelot using 100% of a core
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:50:53
Message-Id: 49B25189.7010607@wright.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.2.1 lancelot using 100% of a core by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Saturday 07 March 2009 10:12:42 Roy Wright wrote:
3 >
4 >
5 >> Yes, no issues with kde 4.2.0. What happened is I'd upgraded to the bad
6 >> nvidia-drivers-180.35, downgraded to 180.29, then upgraded kde from
7 >> 4.2.0 to 4.2.1. One weird side-effect of the 4.2.1 upgrade is that I
8 >> lost my plasma desktop layout. No biggy, I just added the plasmoids
9 >> back. Then I noticed the lancelot cpu usage issue. I have not noticed
10 >> any behavior problems. Kde 4.2 has been rock solid.
11 >
12 > I followed the exact same steps (even the nvidia upgrade-downgrade cycle) on
13 > my notebook with no problems whatsoever. The only difference is I have ~amd64
14 >
15 >> ~x86 system
16 >>
17 >> emerge --info at http://pastebin.com/m6914fe90 (1 month duration)
18 >>
19 >> lshw at http://pastebin.com/m5a355800 (1 month duration)
20 >>
21 >> All I can think to try is to move my ~/.kde4.2 directory and let it
22 >> regenerate.
23 >
24 > That's a good quick easy check. At least we'll know if it's a code or a config
25 > issue
26 >
27
28 Looks like it was a config type issue with something in ~/.kde4.2.
29
30 Thank you for helping me work thru it.
31
32 Roy