[Gllug] Serious operation

[Norman Duncan]

Formi wrote:

> If I were offered a P4 laptop for free as long as I wouldn't sell it, I
> wouldn't take it.
>
¡Wow! Are they that bad  :(

>
> Q1: Have you run hdparm -v /dev/hda1? And the same with the CD/DVD
>     whatever thing. Do you have any scsi module in the middle.
>
toshiba model DVD-ROM SD R2102 (Says that it is ANSI SCSI)
In the list of hardware this appears repeated 8 times ..... all working 
except the first on the list ¿¿??

To run the hdparm ....  and the gkrellm .... ¿do I just type as you have 
written into a shell?

> Q2: Have you tried gkrellm with the processor speed plugin? To check
>     if the processor speed is being modified.
>
> Might be some irq/dma weirdness...
>
> Piece of "nasty" advice, get a knoppix cd, and do some testing, at
> least you should be able to find out if it is because of hardware of
> software.
>
>  
>
Norm


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