[Gllug] Laptop in a spin

[Formi]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Tom Schutzer-Weissmann wrote:

> Pete suggested:
>
> > Perhaps you have a small amount of RAM?
>
> nope I have 1gig (! - good for gimp). But thanks for reminding me: I
> was going to see if turning off the highmem support made any difference.
> It will let me try software suspend too.
>
> If it turns out that cute fish get me no closer to finding what is
> eating my CPU, if there is no apparent process responsible, does that
> mean the kernel is playing up?
>
> Please forgive any over-technical language,
> TSW
>

 Could it be the kernel, or the machine itself being slowing down the
 processor for too long?

 My Thinkpad has a BIOS setting to slow down the processor, and sometimes
 after 20min of heavy compilation it slows to 1/3 of its speed. If I move
 the mouse or press a key, it goes back to full speed.

 Quite a PITA when compiling X, having to keep pressing keys.


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