On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 07:45:29PM -0500, David Kramer wrote: > On 03/10/2011 09:22 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 07:27:59AM -0500, David Kramer wrote: > >>>> Hmm. I don't even have that file. > >>> > >>> Sounds like you haven't loaded the appropriate module to control > >>> your CPU's power saving feature. > >>> > >>> What CPU? From /proc/cpuinfo, please? > >> > >> I thought the problem is it's controlling the speed *too much*. > >> This is a Dell Latitude D820 > > > OK, what does acpitool -c tell you? > > david@lexa:/dload/graphics/tmp$ acpitool -c > CPU type : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz > Min/Max frequency : 1000/2000 MHz > Current frequency : 2000 MHz > Frequency governor : ondemand > Freq. scaling driver : acpi-cpufreq > Usage of state C1 : 53057687 (97.5 %) > Usage of state C2 : 1249655 (2.3 %)
The combination of ondemand and that state usage report strongly suggests that some process is pegging your CPU. Anything obvious on top? -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't defend freedom by getting rid of it. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
