On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 12:43, Dennis Kaplan wrote: [...] > The problem is the CPU load when idle it runs between 5-30 % > As soon as I start an application it goes up to 100% and stays there till > the application is done loading. Loading an application like Kmail takes > about 2 to 3 minutes. Run "top" and press P to observe which process is using your cpu during "idle" time, and when running programs. That should give an idea of where to start. -- Mark Roach