Dear All,
I would like to present you what I think is a quite strange behavior
of a Dual Compaq machine (model AP 400) running Linux Mandrake 6.1, whose
main use is numerical computation.
The Distribution correctly chooses an SMP Kernel, namely the
2.2.pre13-7.
Initially the system (that has 2 Pentium II at 450 MHz) runs
correctly (each CPU goes faster against a test machine that has
Linux running on a single Pentium II at 400 MHz), but after 2
days, more or less, strange things happen, and the dual (still
1 job for each CPU) runs something like 4-5 times slower than
the test machine, while it gets completely confused regarding dates.
E.g, while making "ps -aux" the process corresponding to this
command appears to have been launched a few days ago.
Instead, the command "date" gives the correct date.
I want to stress that both things (processes go slower and
time gets confused at some level) happen at the same time.
After it is booted things go correctly again, but only for a while.
Any comment?
Sincerely yours,
Manuel Matias
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