[Resolved] Re: [Lucid] Processor not at proper freq

[NoOp]

On 05/22/2010 02:48 PM, sam tygier wrote:
> On 22/05/10 18:02, NoOp wrote:
...
>> At first I thought that perhaps the processor was 530Mhz and could be
>> upgraded to 1.8Ghz. But checked and the processor is 1.8Ghz but seems to
>> be stuck in power save mode.
>>
>> I found a related symptom on a posting at linuxquestions.org from 2005:
>> <http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/suse-not-recognizing-all-of-my-processor-328711/>
>>
>> Anyone else seen similar&  know a relatively simple way to fix?
..
> 
> does the frequency increase when you runs something cpu intensive? eg play a video file, enable the visualiser in a music player, or run a command like:
> cat /dev/urandom | md5sum
> (press control+C to stop it)

On my laptop (for comaparison) I installed the gnome-applets package  &
I click on the applet and can see the following options for my cpu:

2.10 Ghz
1.60 Ghz
1.20 Ghz
Conservative
OnDemand
Performance
Powersave

I select 'OnDemand' and I can see the freq go from 1.20 Ghz to 2.10 Ghz
depending upon which applications I am running.

So I've suggested that he try the same & we'll see if his processor does
the same (from 530Mhz to 1.8Ghz).

I suspect that it was merely a symptom of lshw reporting the state that
his cpu was in at the time & my inability to recognize that (PEBKAC on
my part). So I'll tag this as 'Resolved'.

The sluggish/slow-mo issues are more likely to be with his ATI graphics
card.