[kde-linux] Re: Getting rid of irritating CPU-sucking parasites...?

[David J Iannucci]

> Hi fellow gentooer. =:^)

Greetings, Duncan.... I've been expecting you :-)

> They can be stopped... yes.  See the manual method below, or you may
> try the GUI method if you have enough of kde merged to do so.

Manual sounds much better than merging more than I need!

> The GUI settings are located in kcontrol, inaccurately called
> systemsettings in kde4 (inaccurately because they're mostly user-
> specific, kde-specific settings, not the user independent settings
> applying not just to kde that the new name suggests).

I can tell, this bothers you no end :-)

> For the manual method, take a look at $KDEHOME/share/config/
> nepomukserverrc. [.........] This is what I have here, with nepomuk
> disabled using the GUI:

OK... looks simple enough.

> With nepomuk disabled, you may wish to remove that database, which was
> nearly 5 gigs in size here, before I killed it!

I'll take a look.... glad you mentioned this, otherwise I never would
have known!

> Meanwhile, note that a number of semantic desktop CPU-hogging related
> bugs have been fixed since the kde 4.4.5 you're currently running, so
> if that doesn't do it, I'd urge you to upgrade, because there ARE some
> related bugs fixed since 4.4.  I'd suggest 4.6.1, the latest, .....

Actually, it doesn't look like anything past 4.4.10 is in portage at
all, never mind being masked.  I'm sure there's a good reason for that,
but... if you're running 4.6, then you must have a different way of
acquiring it, outside of portage?  Are you a Paludian?

Thanks much... this has been a big help. The machine in question is my
work laptop, and as I'm home for the weekend now, this'll have to wait
till Monday, but I'll follow up if I run into any difficulty.

Dave