Take a look at sysstat. Or, take a look at your speedstep if you have a speedstep processor. In the old days, it was a little tricky to get going, but modern day distros have it dialed in.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:26:50AM -0700, Bill Broadley wrote: > Gandalf Parker wrote: > > Since kernel upgrade (debian etch) Ive gotten occassional messages to > > console about overheating CPU. > > > > Getting hardware fixes is out of the question for the moment. Any > > suggestions on pinning down which programs are causing it? > > Seems kinda strange to blame a program for overheating. Certainly anything > that causes more CPU usage causes more heat. Even a pegged CPU shouldn't > overhead a system though. The flip side is that if something is wrong even an > idle system could overheat. > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
