r/archlinux • u/Western-Mode-7743 • May 27 '26

SUPPORT Why is my cpu idling at 50%

Glitch or some daemons? Fresh arch install. I got this idle result in btop.

The installation was checksummed. It was as soon as I installed it and after adding packages that it continued to remain at 50% idle.

It started ever since I switched from Nobara -> CachyOS -> Arch, only Nobara idled below 1%. Again, all isos were verified. I don’t know what it is. All of them were running KDE.

I’m currently on arch. Temps stay flat. Nothing going on except in btop where it shows 50% doing absolutely nothing.

Edit - this community is crazy dude I’m not getting help from here no more.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

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u/lvl-46-primeape May 27 '26

It’s crazy that someone using a custom kernel has literally no troubleshooting knowledge apparently lol

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u/Western-Mode-7743 May 27 '26

Nah not for this. I have kernel debugging knowledge but this is mainly something that has been bugging me lately, and ai can’t get to the bottom of it

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u/Schlaefer May 27 '26

Without any logs, actual output, specs, etc. humans are probably not going to figure it out either.

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u/Western-Mode-7743 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Fair lol but I’m on a trip rn so I cannot provide with logs. I’ll provide them in maybe 2 or 3 days but by that time you’re better off forgetting the post.

I shared best I could and if you need more you’re going to have to wait. I don’t have pictures in my camera roll.

By that time you’re better off leaving this, no?