why is python hogging my cpu?

[quiksan]

so I've noticed lately that my cpu usage is up a little higher than it [should be] usually is when idle.
I checked to see what was periodically hogging the cpu, and the 2 things that come up most are:
Python
WindowServer

so what would be running python? i've never done anything with python, so it's nothing I explicitly ran. could it be my Konfabulator widgets? (I've got MicroActivity and Slickies running, nothing else)
Just wondering if anyone had any ideas where that Python/cpu hog was coming from...


also, what's WindowServer? Is that because I have Personal File Sharing turned on?

thanks for any info

 

[davidbrit2]

WindowServer is the actual window manager that handles windows on screen. Don't kill it, in other words. Heh.

And if you're wondering what started python, use this command: "ps -axw" See if you can find any python related commands running.

 

[quiksan]

thanks for the reply.

just curious about the WindowServer...kinda thought that's what it was. definitely not stupid enough (?) to quit it though.

ran the ps -axw and didn't see anything related to python. I'm thinking it came from one of the konfabulator widgets. need to quit konfabulator and see if it shows up again...

thanks!

 

[arkayn]

If you ever have something that refuses to quit, you can go into activity monitor and quit window server, it will log you out immediately.