Re: Wierd processor usage after 2.12 and 6.9

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

[KS] wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Since the last couple of days when I got the gnome 2.12 and X.org 6.9
> upgrades, my machine has been acting a bit strangely. The processor
> usages goes to 100% for simple tasks e.g. copying data from DVD to HDD
> (it shouldn't use that much processor due to DMA), deleting a directory
> containing about 1G data also resulted in 100% cpu usage for about
> 5-6seconds. It was definitely not doing that before the last upgrades.
>
> Also, strangely the USB sticks/drive that I have can't be mounted
> either. I always get the error that the file sytem couldn't be recognised!
>
> Any light on the issues would be appreciated.

There are reports of 100% CPU usage with 6.9 upgrades and the ck kernel:

http://bhhdoa.org.au/pipermail/ck/2006-January/005153.html

but I happily have Sarge so I can't tell what's what :-)

H