From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 14:50:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E62D106566B for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:50:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD628FC13 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:50:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so1259838qwc.13 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:50:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=9eDzCqQEk0L1Syqh3F8Xm3uV/qI2s+9chBNs9EIxElE=; b=A2dMUg2+YLvIukClQDKpWgT97oMWbb2E++B3a9KGurm5tepy66lDmd1zZ+vdZ+9KWs sEmL5uOjM/7sXDMg/Q0xSwURrznh9I/6+TNm27+X06CsDr+RBuiZQsUufCDP29R1ZuEV GBRGcCopRtz5HxS9c/PLPo4Rqe165IhKkwPbk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=fEsRaHMmN9iouR4/HHAQ5oDoBIkaTSdi5vrp91+89xxG/+0X8BSEPU6jSrAJPr8tiO ZpSBWwtYMI+nct56d/OSLd+JuZS7kHW/6SXyCL+XL8P7TAnp2dSozZELeH26b6fv3Mke g/LbwfMEqCG+IaIczEnxpYA2R6+VrPu3i9W1Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.189.9 with SMTP id dc9mr2894905qab.11.1303743038647; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.179.212 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:50:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DB57F45.4080107@chillt.de> References: <4DA596D3.1090803@chillt.de> <4DB44DA3.5060509@chillt.de> <4DB4589B.2020909@ksu.ru> <4DB45D6C.20203@chillt.de> <20110424182456.9DD03589@server.theusgroup.com> <4DB46ED4.2010500@chillt.de> <20110425004818.GA22579@icarus.home.lan> <4DB51F27.5010508@chillt.de> <20110425184728.C73992@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4DB56CDA.50504@chillt.de> <20110425232429.N85801@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4DB57F45.4080107@chillt.de> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:50:38 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Bartosz Fabianowski Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ian Smith , Jeremy Chadwick , John Subject: Re: System extremely slow under light load X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:50:41 -0000 On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: > Sorry to hear none of that helped. It seems a very serious problem, and >> it would be useful to know if it behaves any better under linux or not. >> > > I am still on the hunt for a bootable Linux distribution. I am in the > unfortunate situation of having no CD-Rs at hand. And because it is Easter, > shops are closed. > > Most Linux distributions require you to run a proprietary tool from inside > Windows or another Linux installation to create a bootable USB medium. I > found a USB image for OpenSUSE but that failed to boot. I am continuing to > hunt... > > You need sysctl hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest="C2" instead .. that's what >> /etc/rc.d/power_profile adjusts when you apply or remove power. >> I doubt it's likely to help much given the scale of overheating. >> > > I use the correct sysctl now, the cx_lowest value changed from C1 to C2 for > all CPUs but nothing seems to have changed otherwise: > > %sysctl dev.cpu | grep cx_usage > dev.cpu.0.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 230us > dev.cpu.1.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 216us > dev.cpu.2.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 159us > dev.cpu.3.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 323us > dev.cpu.4.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 320us > dev.cpu.5.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 357us > dev.cpu.6.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 378us > dev.cpu.7.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 374us > > That's pretty sad. Not sure what the first two differing by only 1MHz >> means .. but I'm out of ideas, and my depth. >> > > Thanks for all the tips. I will report back once I have had a chance to > compare with Linux. If nothing else helps, I will call Dell again in the > futile attempt to have them magically fix the issue somehow. > > - Bartosz > _______________________________________________ > > Please , see the site http://www.mandriva.com/en/linux/ My opinion is that Mandriva is a very good Linux distribution . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk