Thanks for the suggestions. I tried noacpi as a kernel option and adding in "toshiba" to /etc/modules, and my machine starts off at full speed. So it doesn't appear to be any of those. I've installed cpufreqd but it complains that I don't have a cpufreq interface in the kernel - should I recompile, bearing in mind this is an old Portegee 7020CT with a Pentium II 366?
cheers Dave On 13/05/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Hugh-Jones wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have an old Toshiba laptop (c 1999) which uses apm rather than the > > modern acpi. Whenever I boot up on battery power, the cpu speed is > > incorrectly detected as 48.175 MHz. This makes the system clock run > > way too fast, which means my time gets wrong, and also makes the > > computer harder to use in a bunch of ways (e.g. ultra fast keyboard > > repeat). > > > > Has anyone got a way to solve this problem? > > Are you booting the kernel with acpi=off or noacpi (assuming you > have not rolled your own and completely disabled it)? Do you have > the toshiba.ko module load on boot (place the word toshiba on its > own line /etc/modules for this to happen automatically)? Is your > CPU a Speedstep? If so, make sure that your BIOS is set to boot > with it at max speed, otherwise it may boot at one speed and then > get changed later, thereby messing up the kernel (unless you load > the speedstep-related modules and install a suitable userland > application, like cpufreqd, to manage it). > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sanchez > http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr > > >
