freebsd stable - Nov 2005 - high CPU load due to powerd

Hi list,
   i'm currently running 6.0-RELEASE and i activated powerd as the system
power control utility. However, using top, i'm seeing that powerd normally
uses nearly 18% of the CPU power, thus consuming energy and battery time
(i'm using a laptop). Another point is that i'm seeing also more than
one
process named powerd.

Is this all normal?

For example (a part of top):

30397 root        1   8    0  1188K   820K nanslp   3:07 17.14% powerd
 2143 root        1   8    0  1188K   820K nanslp   1:25  2.20% powerd
 2146 root        1   8    0  1188K   820K nanslp   0:47  1.03% powerd
(plus other.....)

Many thanks in advance,
MC

2005/11/29, Marco Calviani
<marco.calviani@gmail.com>:
> Hi list,
>     i'm currently running 6.0-RELEASE and i activated powerd as the
system
> power control utility. However, using top, i'm seeing that powerd
normally
> uses nearly 18% of the CPU power, thus consuming energy and battery time
> (i'm using a laptop). Another point is that i'm seeing also more
than one
> process named powerd.
>
>  Is this all normal?
>
>  For example (a part of top):
>
>  30397 root        1   8    0  1188K   820K nanslp   3:07 17.14% powerd
>   2143 root        1   8    0  1188K   820K nanslp   1:25  2.20% powerd
>   2146 root        1   8    0  1188K   820K nanslp   0:47  1.03% powerd
>  (plus other.....)
>
>  Many thanks in advance,
>  MC
>
Hi,
  i think this behaviour has been caused by my fault. Trying to modify
the power settings i called powerd more than one time thinking of an
automatic adjustment; however everytime i press powerd a new process
started.

Just my fault,
sorry,
MC