[ale] Difference between top and system monitor

[hscast at charter.net (Scott Castaline)]

Jim Kinney wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net 
> <mailto:hscast at charter.net>> wrote:
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>     In both it just shows up as a single process. When I do a ps -ef it
>     appears that the ppid = 1 (root). I do also find it interesting that all
>     of a sudden (today) it is using so much time. Previously my cpu usage
>     was at a minimal, even with more going on. The only difference seems to
>     be a kernel update that happened this morning along with some other
>     software. I guess I could try booting into the earlier kernel to see if
>     that's it. I don't recall what else got updated. I have also noticed
>     that the GUI reports approximately half the usage that top reports per
>     process.
> 
> Dual-core CPU? In top 1 will toggle between an aggregate cpu and 
> individual cpu listings.
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Dual core. I had forgotten about the aggregate vs. mulitiprocessor view 
in top. I have also noticed that using Rhythmbox uses less Cpu time than 
Songbird. Something must have changed that affects only Songbird as it 
hasn't been like that before.