Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:50:38 -0400 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>, John <john@theusgroup.com> Subject: Re: System extremely slow under light load Message-ID: <BANLkTimJqGKeb7=P59WQom5Tf1dcZ3FFcA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DB57F45.4080107@chillt.de> References: <4DA596D3.1090803@chillt.de> <op.vt1efdn68527sy@pinky> <BANLkTik5Jq1QP776xQ0zQvQ5MKYe4LQZUA@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de>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
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