[OT] kapm-idled takes up 77% of CPU?

[Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca>]

Dig this:

    3 root      20   0     0    0     0 SW      0 74.0  0.0 672:35 kapm-idled
10858 root      10   0 35540 8332  1628 S       0  0.5  6.5   0:03 X
 4208 root       9   0   968  964   744 S       0  0.3  0.7   0:14 dozed
31364 krzys     10   0  1492 1492   692 R       0  0.3  1.1   0:00 top
  167 root       9   0    96   52    52 R       0  0.1  0.0   0:00 gpm
31488 krzys      9   0  6564 6564  2948 S       0  0.1  5.1   0:02 emacs
31638 krzys      9   0   928  924   732 S       0  0.1  0.7   0:00 e
31658 root       9   0   248  248   196 S       0  0.1  0.1   0:00 sleep
    1 root       8   0   160  124   104 S       0  0.0  0.0   0:04 init
    2 root       9   0     0    0     0 SW      0  0.0  0.0   0:00 keventd
    4 root       9   0     0    0     0 SW      0  0.0  0.0   0:00 kswapd
    5 root       9   0     0    0     0 SW      0  0.0  0.0   0:00 kreclaimd

This is  a 2.4.2 kernel  on an  i686. I run  a daemon which  relies on
vmstat to put my box in apm --suspend when the CPU is reasonably idle,
and this screws  it up. Anyone got a patch, or  know which APM feature
to disable in the kernel? Note that I need at least basic APM support. 
-chris