5 second cpu spike in FC3T3

[W. Guy Thomas]

On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 10:51 -0500, David Malcolm wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 18:14 -0600, W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Interesting. I changed it with "s", to .5 seconds.
> > > The two things that pop up every 5 seconds are gkrellm itself, and
> > > something vaguely named gtk2_applet2.
> > > 
> > > So what is gtk2_applet2?
> > > If it's an applet couldn't it be a java-something?
> > > 
> > > Hmm, curiouser and curiouser.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > =Guy
> > > 16:23:31 up 7:01, 2 users, load average: 1.01, 0.49, 0.88
> > > 
> > 
> > let me revise that, sorry, it's gtik2_applet2
> 
> That's the Stock Ticker panel applet.  Is it running?  What kind of
> settings does it have e.g. width, update frequency, number of stocks,
> etc?
> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > =Guy
> > 18:14:14 up 8:52, 2 users, load average: 0.40, 0.27, 0.26
> > 
> 

Interesting. It sure is the stock ticker. It was set to slow speed,
there are 6 stocks, update every 11 minutes, nothing else special.
I even removed it from the panel and I see the same 5 second tick.
It's especially noticeable in screensaver mode. The entire screen stops
for a split second, then picks back up.

Good call on the stock ticker, unfortunately it appears not to be the
culprit.

-- 
=Guy
17:34:25 up 21:11, 2 users, load average: 0.43, 1.07, 1.61