CPU utilization

[Gavin Chester]

On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 12:09 -0500, Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
> Running the latest 'smart --gui' on an Athlon on SUSE 10.0.
> While performing a simple "update", 'top' showed smart taking
> more than 40% of the CPU.

I can't help with the cause of the problem, but can comment that it does
not fit my experience.  Running opensuse 10.1 with latest smart gui, I
have monitored cpu use simultaneously with both top and gkrellm.  Both
tell me that smart sometimes peaks at near 10%, but averages no more
than 5% during updates.  That is for just one cpu, and the second cpu
remains untouched on my dual-core, dual xeon workstation.  This is a
loooooongggg shot, but maybe you need more ram? :-/

Gavin.