new kde on f13 is very noisy!

[Manuel Escudero]

2010/11/8 Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu>

> On 11/08/2010 03:02 AM, Chris Rouch wrote:
> > Over the weekend yum pulled in the newest version of kde for f13
> > (4.5.2 I think). Since I rebooted and logged in my laptop seems to
> > have the fan going most of the time. Gkrellm shows both CPUs are doing
> > something, and top confirms that kwin and plasma desktop are each
> > using between 10% and 30% CPU. For comparison on my f12 desktop at
> > work they use between 2 and 5% cpu.  I don't know what the used before
> > the upgrade, but I do know the fan was usually off except when the
> > machine was loaded.
> >
> > This happens with only one window (firefox), and that only having a
> > couple of tabs open.
> >
> > Is this something I can change? If so, where do I need to look?
>
> Depends on a lot of things.
>
> What video driver is in use?
>
> What arch?
>
> Is flash installed, and any applets running in any of those flash tabs
> you mention?
>
> Are destkop effects enabled?  Which effects?  (blur in particular, is
> known to cause degraded performance/load with many driver combinations).
>
> -- Rex
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1.- Reset your KDE Settings by deleting the ".kde" folder of your home
folder

2.- Disable all desktop effects

3.- Get Chrome or another browser

4.- Customize your KDE as you like

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