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This may not be 1005PE specific, but I've never seen behavior like this. Basically, my CPU idles at around 30% in X. But, I can't see what's taking up the cycles.
CPU Stats
mpstat: ======================
Linux 2.6.33-ice (icarus) 03/16/2010 _x86_64_ (2 CPU)
08:13:32 PM CPU %usr %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %guest %idle
08:13:32 PM all 14.63 0.00 8.48 4.96 0.04 0.05 0.00 0.00 71.84
08:13:32 PM 0 15.16 0.00 8.34 6.78 0.03 0.04 0.00 0.00 69.66
08:13:32 PM 1 14.11 0.00 8.62 3.16 0.04 0.07 0.00 0.00 74.00
iostat: ======================
Linux 2.6.33-ice (icarus) 03/16/2010 _x86_64_ (2 CPU)
avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
14.63 0.00 8.57 4.96 0.00 71.84
Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn
sda 16.40 827.03 47.74 169714 9797
==============================
ps top ten: ==================
%CPU PID USER COMMAND
3.1 2161 houn conky
2.5 2125 root /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -dpi 96
0.4 2543 houn urxvt
0.3 4364 houn urxvt
0.2 1 root init [3]
0.2 1537 hal /usr/sbin/hald
0.1 2162 houn sh /home/houn/.xinitrc
0.1 1216 root [kondemand/1]
0.1 1215 root [kondemand/0]
==============================
top -cbn1: ===================
top - 20:13:33 up 3 min, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.06, 0.02
Tasks: 105 total, 1 running, 104 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 14.7%us, 8.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 71.8%id, 4.9%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2048100k total, 213388k used, 1834712k free, 18300k buffers
Swap: 3903784k total, 0k used, 3903784k free, 85368k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2161 houn 20 0 68652 3488 2592 S 4 0.2 0:04.10 conky
9022 houn 20 0 10680 1060 784 R 2 0.1 0:00.01 top -cbn1
1 root 20 0 3824 640 540 S 0 0.0 0:00.44 init [3]
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kthreadd]
3 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 [migration/0]
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksoftirqd/0]
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [watchdog/0]
6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 [migration/1]
7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksoftirqd/1]
8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [watchdog/1]
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 [events/0]
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [events/1]
11 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [cpuset]
12 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [khelper]
13 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [netns]
14 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [async/mgr]
15 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [pm]
16 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [sync_supers]
17 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [bdi-default]
18 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kblockd/0]
19 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kblockd/1]
20 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kacpid]
21 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kacpi_notify]
22 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kacpi_hotplug]
23 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.13 [kseriod]
26 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [khungtaskd]
27 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kswapd0]
28 root 25 5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksmd]
29 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [aio/0]
30 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [aio/1]
31 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [crypto/0]
32 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [crypto/1]
122 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [i915]
728 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ata/0]
729 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ata/1]
730 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ata_aux]
731 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_0]
732 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_1]
733 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_2]
734 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_3]
770 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.04 [jbd2/sda3-8]
771 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
772 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
805 root 16 -4 6488 1068 412 S 0 0.1 0:00.12 /sbin/udevd --daemon
913 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksuspend_usbd]
914 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [khubd]
987 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kpsmoused]
1197 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [cfg80211]
1215 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.23 [kondemand/0]
1216 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.21 [kondemand/1]
1224 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [usbhid_resumer]
1227 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [led_workqueue]
1251 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [hd-audio0]
1291 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.09 [phy0]
1367 root 18 -2 6476 1088 436 S 0 0.1 0:00.04 /sbin/udevd --daemon
1374 root 18 -2 6484 1084 432 S 0 0.1 0:00.03 /sbin/udevd --daemon
1378 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 [flush-8:0]
1387 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1388 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1389 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [jbd2/sda4-8]
1390 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1391 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1510 root 20 0 25656 636 296 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 supervising syslog-ng
1511 root 20 0 28020 2072 1444 S 0 0.1 0:00.08 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
1525 dbus 20 0 12652 932 688 S 0 0.0 0:00.03 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --
1534 root 20 0 3816 592 476 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/acpid
1537 hal 20 0 28052 5144 4040 S 0 0.3 0:00.46 /usr/sbin/hald
1538 root 20 0 19924 1280 1048 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 hald-runner
1566 root 20 0 22044 1260 1068 S 0 0.1 0:00.02 hald-addon-input: Liste
1568 root 20 0 22036 1212 1036 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon
1569 root 20 0 22036 1216 1036 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon
1576 root 20 0 22036 1188 1020 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon
1582 root 20 0 22052 1208 1028 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon
1583 hal 20 0 19632 1108 944 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 hald-addon-acpi: listen
1952 root 20 0 28052 1156 684 S 0 0.1 0:00.02 wpa_supplicant -B -P /v
1955 root 20 0 3808 468 376 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/wpa_actiond -
1972 root 20 0 5916 632 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/crond -S -l i
2034 root 20 0 47624 1096 576 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/bin/rpcbind
2039 root 20 0 13888 464 300 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/famd -T 0 -c
2050 bitlbee 20 0 25180 880 508 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/bitlbee -F
2054 root 20 0 43452 1252 972 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 /bin/login --
2055 root 20 0 3820 612 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 t
2056 root 20 0 3820 608 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 t
2057 root 20 0 3820 612 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 t
2058 root 20 0 3820 608 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 t
2059 root 20 0 3820 608 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 t
2072 houn 20 0 15532 2256 1552 S 0 0.1 0:00.06 -bash
2093 root 20 0 8132 372 228 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 dhcpcd -qL -t 30 wlan0
2107 houn 20 0 13164 1664 1248 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
2124 houn 20 0 15452 928 752 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 xinit /home/houn/.xinit
2125 root 19 -1 96996 11m 4244 S 0 0.6 0:03.48 /usr/bin/X -nolisten tc
2129 houn 20 0 13164 1600 1204 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 sh /home/houn/.xinitrc
2136 houn 20 0 31280 2436 904 S 0 0.1 0:00.07 xbindkeys
2142 houn 20 0 19724 728 464 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 dbus-launch --autolaunc
2143 houn 20 0 12652 984 800 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --
2160 houn 20 0 21760 1052 848 S 0 0.1 0:00.06 syndaemon -i 2
2162 houn 20 0 13164 832 424 S 0 0.0 0:00.25 sh /home/houn/.xinitrc
2164 houn 20 0 27756 1556 1228 S 0 0.1 0:00.06 dwm
2543 houn 20 0 66680 8884 4800 S 0 0.4 0:00.55 urxvt
2585 houn 20 0 15532 2156 1488 S 0 0.1 0:00.03 bash
4364 houn 20 0 66528 8824 4796 S 0 0.4 0:00.34 urxvt
4384 houn 20 0 15524 2148 1488 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 bash
4908 houn 20 0 8084 928 772 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 less pre_x.txt
9004 houn 20 0 5548 568 484 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 sleep 1s
9013 houn 20 0 13168 1596 1196 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 sh scripts/sysstats.sh
==============================iotop is similarly blank, zeros down the line. Any ideas? I'm not even sure where to start with this one.
Last edited by houn (2010-03-19 01:23:04)
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It was suggested that Powertop might have some info:
PowerTOP version 1.11 (C) 2007 Intel Corporation
Cn Avg residency P-states (frequencies)
C0 (cpu running) (35.7%) 1.67 Ghz 36.5%
polling 0.9ms ( 0.0%) 1333 Mhz 1.1%
C1 mwait 0.0ms ( 0.0%) 1000 Mhz 62.4%
C2 mwait 0.1ms ( 0.3%)
C4 mwait 1.5ms (64.0%)
Wakeups-from-idle per second : 450.4 interval: 10.0s
Power usage (ACPI estimate): 7.8W (5.5 hours)
Top causes for wakeups:
64.0% (459.9) <kernel core> : hrtimer_start_range_ns (tick_sched_timer)
17.7% (127.4) firefox : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
4.6% ( 33.1) <interrupt> : extra timer interrupt
3.3% ( 23.8) <interrupt> : ath9k
3.1% ( 22.4) <kernel IPI> : Rescheduling interrupts
1.4% ( 10.0) conky : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
1.4% ( 10.0) xbindkeys : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
1.4% ( 10.0) <kernel core> : ath_ani_calibrate (ath_ani_calibrate)
1.0% ( 7.2) <kernel core> : hrtimer_start (tick_sched_timer)
0.7% ( 5.0) syndaemon : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
0.6% ( 4.3) phy0 : queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)
0.2% ( 1.3) irssi : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
0.1% ( 1.0) <kernel core> : __enqueue_rt_entity (sched_rt_period_timer)
0.1% ( 1.0) X : queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)
0.1% ( 1.0) sleep : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
0.0% ( 0.2) <kernel IPI> : TLB shootdowns
0.0% ( 0.2) events/1 : queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)
0.0% ( 0.2) init : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
0.0% ( 0.1) gconfd-2 : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
0.0% ( 0.1) <kernel core> : neigh_timer_handler (neigh_timer_handler)
0.0% ( 0.1) <kernel core> : add_timer (sta_info_cleanup)
0.0% ( 0.1) <kernel core> : inet_twdr_hangman (inet_twdr_hangman)
0.0% ( 0.1) rpcbind : hrtimer_start_range_ns (hrtimer_wakeup)
0.0% ( 0.1) irssi : queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)
0.0% ( 0.1) urxvt : sys_epoll_wait (process_timeout)Offline
This isn't exactly related to your specific problem but I own a 1005PE myself and after optimizing stuff quite a bit I managed to lower power usage to approximately 5W. Of course that's when everything is pretty much idling, or during some casual browsing. With WiFi off it can go even lower but generally it rarely sticks beyond 6-7W.
The main thing I did was to properly configure laptop mode tools and well, I'm using Openbox and many lightweight applications.
I suggest you read both:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Asus_Eee_PC_1005HA
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop
Though neither is related to your model specifically, some points in both of these articles are really valuable. If applicable that is, don't just go and randomly do all of the stuff you read about. I would strongly advise you to install laptop mode tools and properly configure it (quite a few things aren't working right out of the box). Maybe a few extra tweaks but the rest will mostly depend on how do you use the netbook.
Good luck.
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Yeah, I've been through both of those articles; while I cant' comment on how well I've set everything up, as this has been a learning experience for me, can improperly configuring the laptop tools cause your CPU to report 30% usage without any obvious reason?
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I would say no. At least if by "improperly configuring" you mean not setting something instead of intentionally setting it to a wrong value. But I haven't seen anything really dangerous, so to say, in the settings.
In your powertop log I noticed 1.67GHz frequency is used quite a lot. For me this is usually a very low percentage. Did you change the ondemand governor? As it defaults at 95 it would seem that something is using 95% of your CPU quite often.
Also, I must say I'm not using any of the apps I see you have running so one of them might be a culprit just as well. Have you checked CPU usage right after the boot? Try checking it before you enter X, right after you enter X then start the browser, and so on. If it's like that from the very boot, check the daemons, and well, pretty much everything that loads during boot. I highly doubt you'll find what's wrong by randomly nabbing around the process list.
I can't really say I remember exactly how "well" was my system behaving right after the initiall install as I used Gnome for a few days, then switched to Openbox and in the meantime I constantly tweaked the laptop mode tools but I can say that both performance and battery life is now greatly improved.
Last edited by DeVelox (2010-03-17 20:10:29)
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Here's pre X:
CPU Stats
mpstat: ======================
Linux 2.6.33-ice (icarus) 03/16/2010 _x86_64_ (2 CPU)
08:11:10 PM CPU %usr %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %guest %idle
08:11:10 PM all 3.19 0.00 6.14 12.35 0.03 0.11 0.00 0.00 78.18
08:11:10 PM 0 3.30 0.00 6.91 17.11 0.03 0.05 0.00 0.00 72.60
08:11:10 PM 1 3.07 0.00 5.38 7.60 0.02 0.16 0.00 0.00 83.77
iostat: ======================
Linux 2.6.33-ice (icarus) 03/16/2010 _x86_64_ (2 CPU)
avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
3.20 0.00 6.28 12.36 0.00 78.17
Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn
sda 43.69 1522.25 146.23 97074 9325
==============================
ps top ten: ==================
%CPU PID USER COMMAND
0.7 1537 hal /usr/sbin/hald
0.6 1 root init [3]
0.2 805 root /sbin/udevd --daemon
0.2 23 root [kseriod]
0.2 2072 houn -bash
0.1 1511 root /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
0.0 9 root [events/0]
0.0 987 root [kpsmoused]
0.0 914 root [khubd]
==============================
top -cbn1: ===================
top - 20:11:11 up 1 min, 1 user, load average: 0.26, 0.10, 0.03
Tasks: 88 total, 1 running, 87 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 3.2%us, 6.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 78.2%id, 12.3%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2048100k total, 136680k used, 1911420k free, 15716k buffers
Swap: 3903784k total, 0k used, 3903784k free, 37036k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2105 houn 20 0 10696 1040 784 R 2 0.1 0:00.02 top -cbn1
1 root 20 0 3824 640 540 S 0 0.0 0:00.43 init [3]
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kthreadd]
3 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [migration/0]
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksoftirqd/0]
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [watchdog/0]
6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [migration/1]
7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksoftirqd/1]
8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [watchdog/1]
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [events/0]
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [events/1]
11 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [cpuset]
12 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [khelper]
13 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [netns]
14 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [async/mgr]
15 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [pm]
16 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [sync_supers]
17 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [bdi-default]
18 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kblockd/0]
19 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kblockd/1]
20 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kacpid]
21 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kacpi_notify]
22 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kacpi_hotplug]
23 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.13 [kseriod]
26 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [khungtaskd]
27 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kswapd0]
28 root 25 5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksmd]
29 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [aio/0]
30 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [aio/1]
31 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [crypto/0]
32 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [crypto/1]
122 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [i915]
728 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ata/0]
729 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ata/1]
730 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ata_aux]
731 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_0]
732 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_1]
733 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_2]
734 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [scsi_eh_3]
770 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.04 [jbd2/sda3-8]
771 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
772 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
805 root 16 -4 6488 1068 412 S 0 0.1 0:00.12 /sbin/udevd --daemon
913 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksuspend_usbd]
914 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [khubd]
987 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kpsmoused]
1197 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [cfg80211]
1215 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 [kondemand/0]
1216 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kondemand/1]
1224 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [usbhid_resumer]
1227 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [led_workqueue]
1251 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [hd-audio0]
1291 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.05 [phy0]
1367 root 18 -2 6476 1088 436 S 0 0.1 0:00.04 /sbin/udevd --daemon
1374 root 18 -2 6484 1084 432 S 0 0.1 0:00.03 /sbin/udevd --daemon
1378 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 [flush-8:0]
1387 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1388 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1389 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [jbd2/sda4-8]
1390 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1391 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
1510 root 20 0 25656 636 296 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 supervising syslog-ng
1511 root 20 0 28020 2072 1444 S 0 0.1 0:00.08 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
1525 dbus 20 0 12652 796 572 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
1534 root 20 0 3816 592 476 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/acpid
1537 hal 20 0 28052 5144 4040 S 0 0.3 0:00.40 /usr/sbin/hald
1538 root 20 0 19924 1280 1048 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 hald-runner
1566 root 20 0 22044 1260 1068 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event10
1568 root 20 0 22036 1212 1036 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch
1569 root 20 0 22036 1216 1036 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-leds
1576 root 20 0 22036 1188 1020 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-generic-backlight
1582 root 20 0 22052 1208 1028 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
1583 hal 20 0 19632 1108 944 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
1952 root 20 0 28052 1156 684 S 0 0.1 0:00.02 wpa_supplicant -B -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant_wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D
1955 root 20 0 3808 468 376 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/wpa_actiond -i wlan0 -P /var/run/wpa_actiond_wlan0.pid -a
1972 root 20 0 5916 632 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/crond -S -l info
2034 root 20 0 47624 1096 576 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 /usr/bin/rpcbind
2039 root 20 0 13888 464 300 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/famd -T 0 -c /etc/fam/fam.conf
2050 bitlbee 20 0 25180 880 508 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/bitlbee -F
2054 root 20 0 43452 1252 972 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 /bin/login --
2055 root 20 0 3820 612 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
2056 root 20 0 3820 608 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
2057 root 20 0 3820 612 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
2058 root 20 0 3820 608 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
2059 root 20 0 3820 608 520 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux
2072 houn 20 0 15532 2256 1552 S 0 0.1 0:00.06 -bash
2093 root 20 0 8132 372 228 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 dhcpcd -qL -t 30 wlan0
2099 houn 20 0 13168 1592 1196 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 sh scripts/sysstats.sh pre_x.txt
==============================I have the ondemand governor set to 50% atm, hense the stats. I hadn't decided where to set it permenantly; I was going to get a baseline for normal usage with chat, web, etc, then set it a bit above, so when I kick in something intensive, it scales up, but obviously, "idling" around 30% cpu, I haven't gotten around to it.
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So, I'm thinking this is definitely related to X. I ducked out of X, and was seeing CPU usage around 3%. Fire it back up, 30%. Then, I ran an htop -d 1. htop itself ended up taking 30% or so, but with the refresh set to 1/10th of a second, I noticed that X was "bouncing" up at at least 15% fairly regularly, but you'd never see this with the normal refresh delay.
Any other Atom n450 users out there? How is your X configured? I'm just using the "intel" driver, I believe the chipset is the i915?
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I figured it out. After running htop with a delay of 1/10th of a second, I noticed that conky sure was updating fast. So I set a delay_interval 1, and bam, CPU usage down to 2%. Ugh. It would have been nice if one of those various tools had noted that conky was responsible.
Anyway, CPU issues fixed. Battery Life is up to about 8h now. Next up, tweaking video performance!
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