On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 00:43 +0530, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote: > >> http://rishi.fedorapeople.org/powertop.txt > >> > >> I had Firefox and XChat-GNOME running. > > > What particular python process was that? All pygtk2 programs in Fedora right now have a 10Hz loop: /* This code (pygtk main watch) was copied with minor changes from * pygobject/gobject/pygmainloop.c */ static gboolean pygtk_main_watch_prepare(GSource *source, int *timeout) { /* Python only invokes signal handlers from the main thread, * so if a thread other than the main thread receives the signal * from the kernel, PyErr_CheckSignals() from that thread will * do nothing. So, we need to time out and check for signals * regularily too. * Also, on Windows g_poll() won't be interrupted by a signal * (AFAIK), so we need the timeout there too. */ #ifndef PLATFORM_WIN32 if (pyg_threads_enabled) #endif *timeout = 100; return FALSE; } This wasn't updated from the corresponding gobject mainloop change which dropped it to 1Hz. Of course, ideally someone figures out how to kill this loop entirely. A relevant bug is: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154779 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
