critical temperature reached

[Thufir Hawat]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:27:11 +0200, Eero Volotinen wrote:

>> I was thinking of something like top, except just reporting the single
>> top process and if the cpu temp is nearing critical and that process
>> stays at the top, then that's the one to throttle down.  Something like
>> that?
>>
>> Although I've seen another approach of limiting any one process from
>> taking up more that a certain amount of the cpu:
> 
> How about fixing the real problem, cpu cooling?


Well, a socket 478 heatsink is about $20, my local shop offered a "new" 
used computer for $50 with better specs, so I'm not sure that makes sense 
to fix the hardware problem.  Kinda a shame, this computer is fine for 
what it does.


-Thufir