Just a thought: You don't think that the two cpu thing below could be due to intel hyperthreading do you? I've never used a box with a hyperthreading CPU but I'm sure I've read about their CPU's appearing to be two.
matt Quoting xsdg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > As others have said, you need to get cpufreq working. Personally, I'd > suggest installing and using 2.6.0-testN (test9 works well on my laptop). > test9 (as well as some others; I forget when it was merged) has cpufreq in > the source tree, so all you need to do is enable it and the relevant options. > If you need help, you can stop by irc.oftc.net/#kernelnewbies. > > Secondly, are you sure you have the correct cpuinfo? I haven't seen any > dual-proc laptops before. > > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:37:51 -0600 (CST) > Dan Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, I've just got a laptop with a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz CPU. The fan is very > > noisy and seems to stay on all the time. I've been interested in the > > recent discussion on this list about CPU speed control because I was > > wondering whether the fan might turn off at times when the CPU was going > > slower (plus it'd be good for batteries). However I'm new to debian and > > linux and have not managed to get cpudynd or cpufreq working. I haven't > > tried powernowd which I understand requires kernel 2.6. I'd be very > > grateful for any suggestions about how to get control over the CPU speed > > and/or calm the fan down a bit if/when it's not needed. Below is a > > description of my attempt to get cpudynd working, with and withough ACPI. > > > > > > I'm running kernel 2.4.22 at the moment. I installed and tried to get > > working cpudynd: > > > > dd:/home/dan# cpudynd > > cpudynd version 0.4.7 Copyright: Ricardo Galli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cpudynd: CPU frequency control disabled > > Error: Nothing to do, exiting > > > > I tried this with APM options enabled in my kernel compilation, and now > > I've enabled ACPI options as well and get the same response. How do I > > enable CPU frequency control in this case? > > > > > > More info: > > > > Since having ACPI options included in my kernel, things seem to think I > > have two CPUs. Is this normal/correct? Now when I look at /proc/cpuinfo I > > get > > > > dd:/proc# cat cpuinfo > > processor : 0 > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > > cpu family : 15 > > model : 2 > > model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz > > stepping : 9 > > cpu MHz : 3000.144 > > cache size : 512 KB > > fdiv_bug : no > > hlt_bug : no > > f00f_bug : no > > coma_bug : no > > fpu : yes > > fpu_exception : yes > > cpuid level : 2 > > wp : yes > > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca > > cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm > > bogomips : 5989.99 > > > > processor : 1 > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > > cpu family : 15 > > model : 2 > > model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz > > stepping : 9 > > cpu MHz : 3000.144 > > cache size : 512 KB > > fdiv_bug : no > > hlt_bug : no > > f00f_bug : no > > coma_bug : no > > fpu : yes > > fpu_exception : yes > > cpuid level : 2 > > wp : yes > > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca > > cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm > > bogomips : 5989.99 > > > > The contents of /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/info are: > > > > dd:/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1# cat info > > processor id: 0 > > acpi id: 1 > > bus mastering control: yes > > power management: no > > throttling control: yes > > performance management: no > > limit interface: yes > > > > And BTW, is there any chance that the fan will turn off or slow down a bit > > at lower CPU speeds (Do they (always) have a thermostat or something?) > > > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > dan davison > > http://home.uchicago.edu/~davison/ > ::snip? SNIP!:: > > -- > | < caracal> xsdg: some cheese tends toward the | > | greasy side ... just put some in your pants and | > | you'll see | > ) http://www.cuodan.net/~xsdg/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( > -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042
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