Hi Stan, <snip> > > I have tried turning off the acpi with acpi=off and the other variations > > on the boot up screen but to no avail. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > -- > > Kindest regards, > > > > Clive. > > I'd start with BIOS and firmware updates for the hardware of the laptop. > Then I'd look at BIOS settings to verify those are all OK.
The only settings I have in the bios is the apm which makes no difference to the speed. The bios has the latest update available for it. > > Have you tried just a "3" on the boot command line for non-X operations and > is that slow? Not tried this one. > > Do you boot Windows XP on this system and does it run alright? If yes, then > I'd suspect possibly powersaved is running at the slowest CPU speed and > isn't dynamically switching. Use kpowersave and check all of its settings. Yes XP runs fine. I checked the kpowersave and I have it set to full power. > > Also check all the /var/log/* files you have the patience to do at that > speed. There may be a clue in the boot sequence that says to try a boot > option. That might take a while ;-) > > -- > Stan Thanks for the suggestions. -- Kindest regards, Clive. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.rogers/ Fighting for darker skies. From 52:26:31N 01:27:48W -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
