>  On your R14 install, open a 'top' or 'htop' window and tell me 
>what your
>'tdepowersave' use is.
>
>  By far -- tdepowersave is the top CPU user on my build 
>continually taking more
>than any other process. This is not right. It is using 2x-3x more 
>CPU than X or
>kded and is continually at the top of the list. It never stops.
>
>  What do you see?

I see dead people. I see dead people everywhere....

I don't see high numbers. tdepowersave is at the top of my top list 
at about 3%.

Traditionally kmix and knotification-daemon always have been at the 
top of top too, at about 2%.

I'm sure our tdepowersaverc files are different. Perhaps post your 
tdepowersaverc. Here is mine:

[General]
ActionOnS2DiskButton=
ActionOnSleepButton=
AlreadyStarted=true
Autostart=false
AutostartNeverAsk=true
batteryLow=4
batteryLowAction=SUSPEND2RAM
batteryWarning=10
batteryWarningAction=BRIGHTNESS
batteryWarningActionValue=10
lockOnSuspend=false

[Notification Messages]
systemtrayquitTDEPowersave=false

[Performance]
autoDimm=true
autoDimmAfter=4
autoInactiveActionAfter=10
blankSs=false
brightnessPercent=60
disableNotifications=false
disableSs=false
powerOffAfter=8
specPMSettings=false
standbyAfter=6
suspendAfter=7

[Powersave]
autoDimmAfter=4
autoDimmSchemeBlacklistEnabled=false
autoDimmTo=25
autoInactiveAction=Suspend to RAM
autoInactiveActionAfter=10
brightnessPercent=60
disableNotifications=false
disableSs=true
powerOffAfter=7
standbyAfter=5
suspendAfter=6

I don't use the tdepowersave much, even when on battery. Mostly 
because of bug report 1623. Typically I press Fn+F4 (Thinkpad T400) 
or close the lid. I'm not a comfortable laptop user anyway. I hate 
laptop keyboards and trackpads. Right now I use the laptop as my 
guinea pig with all of the help handbook patching I have been 
doing. Having the laptop next to me on my desk next to my 
production system is convenient. I've disabled the trackpad and 
attached a wired mouse, but I still I hate the keyboard. Generally, 
laptops suck and I'm amazed at how awful they are designed from a 
usability perspective yet people use them and then convince 
themselves they are pigs in mud. :)

Darrell