[Zonei]

Ok, this is becoming insane and extremely annoying! I checked my (32-bit) server as well (no gui, no xorg), stopped all server services (named, lighttpd, ...) and ran tests. It is no different from my 64-bit laptop.

1. powertop shows same stats for my laptop and the server
2. pdflush and kjournald are the most active processes
3. disc activity is significant even with completely idle computers

Also, what is this "extra timer interrupt" that powertop shows? I tried googling but can't seem to find any answers...

Someone please help. I compare with some other distros (desktop and server) which are completely silent when idle, so this must be some OpenSuSE config...