I'm running SuSE 10.0 with all of the resent updates and security fixes from "SuSE watcher".

My machine has some processes running that use up to 100% system utillization. They are "kio_file" and "kio_thumbnail" in the "/tmp" directory. I can hear the harddrive for short bursts every few seconds, several of the many kio_file and kio_thumbnail processes use from 20% up to 100% system utillization.

Does anyone know what these are and how to stop them? They reappear as soon as I kill them in the process table.

Thanks for the help!

They are processes started by konqueror; it looks like you have a problem or bug.

Do you have any suggestions? Should I reinstall linux?

You can kill them with:

killall kio_file
killall kio_thumbnail

or, if they refuse to die:

killall -9 kio_file
killall -9 kio_thumbnail

The first thing you want to do is make sure you have all maintenance applied. If it re-occurs after that, I suggest you file a bug report with your distribution.

Ok I'll try that.

Thanks!

Hey macemoneta.
I tried the killall -9 and both processes returned in droves so it must be a bug or something.

It looks like it's being reported many times in the KDE bugzilla. Maybe it's time to give Gnome a try.

Thanks for your help and research!