[Bug 53757] Re: [Bug 53757] Re: Slow 2D graphics and high CPU usage when idle

Ben Collins ben.collins at ubuntu.com
Sun Jul 23 01:43:48 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 19:18 +0000, matthew wrote:
> I believe the problem exists because both the -686 and the -686-smp
> kernels in the repos are compiled for smp processors. I had the same
> problem. I guess the best solution would be to go back to having the
> regular -686 kernel NOT include smp support and have that only in the
> -686-smp kernel.

Actually, the solution is to just use the -386 kernel. Having a -686
non-smp kernel would not give you any benefit.

Also, no, the -686 and -686-smp are not both compiled SMP, simply
because there is only one image, and that's -686. It uses
SMP-Alternatives to lesson the overhead of running on UP systems. (Yes,
there is a linux-686 and linux-686-smp, but those are metapackages, and
the latter only exists to help with upgrades).

Technically, 90% of people who have a UP system should be running the
-386 kernel.

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Slow 2D graphics and high CPU usage when idle
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