On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:03:07 +0530, DenverD
<DenverD@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> On 09/25/2011 11:26 PM, riderplus wrote:
>
>> if you have any useful thoughts or the same problem occurred to you,
>> I’d be glad to know.
>
> “useful” i don’t know:
>
> hmmm… a few weeks ago i would have said “more than 100%, NO WAY!!” but,
> a few days ago i saw Flash taking between 80 and 138%…(but, the video
> was ok…so…)
>
> so, are you saying that skype taking more than 100% is a problem? or do
> you think it is causing a problem…i mean, is your computer “freezing”
> or “crashing” causing the Skype call to terminate, or making you take
> drastic actions and reboot or . . . ?
>
> or, you can’t talk on Skype and also check your Google calendar, or take
> down notes into KWrite, or or or or or what?
>
> and, consider that if you making a video call, that takes a lot of horse
> power…maybe you are just expecting more out of your system than it
> can produce…
>
> well, let me say it this way: is Skype working ok? and considering the
> amount of work required to push video-voice out/in, are the other tasks
> you want to do at the same time being done in a reasonable fashion?
>
> if so, then don’t try to fix what ain’t actually broken. it is the
> results that count, not how high the reported percent is…
>
> if while in a video call i get a microsecond of the mouse jitters or
> sticking instead of moving smoothly, i know what my problem is and it
> is not Skype, instead it is a single 1.6 ghz atom processor and intel
> video trying to keep up!
>
> btw, i’ve run the beta a long time, no problems…
>
there’s another consideration with skype: that the (skype) network chooses
to use some of the logged in users as some sort of mini-servers,
super-nodes, or whatever it’s called. means if you’re chosen, your system
will be used to tell other skype users where to find the next
“super-node”, how to connect to the rest of the world.
long time ago i read about that, and have experienced it a few times that
skype on my machine used much more CPU cycles than normal, and there was
increased network traffic – until i shut down skype, when both symptoms
stopped. i think because i’m located in india, with a broadband connection
that doesn’t really deserve the name (512 KB/s), i’m not often chosen as a
“super-node.” in other, better connected parts of the world, this may
happen more frequently.
in your particular case, when you notice skype using 100% CPU, is that
during a call, or on standby? and if the latter, do you notice increased
network traffic?
–
phani.