From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 23 18:42:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30D0A16A49E for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:42:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@lordcow.org) Received: from smtp1.uct.ac.za (smtp1.uct.ac.za [137.158.128.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C998443E55 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:40:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@lordcow.org) Received: from [137.158.128.125] (helo=anubis.uct.ac.za) by smtp1.uct.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Gc4iJ-0007IQ-SC for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:39:55 +0200 Received: from lhc.phy.uct.ac.za ([137.158.37.93]) by anubis.uct.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Gc4iJ-0006TF-Dh for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:39:55 +0200 Received: from lordcow by lhc.phy.uct.ac.za with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gc4iM-0008Td-5e for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:39:58 +0200 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:39:58 +0200 From: gareth To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061023183958.GA31571@lordcow.org> References: <20061023162352.GA30413@lordcow.org> <200610231656.k9NGug1p065806@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200610231656.k9NGug1p065806@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: Subject: Re: cpu usage X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:42:31 -0000 On Mon 2006-10-23 (18:56), Oliver Fromme wrote: > It shouldn't change anything. The nice level will not > reduce the amount of work that your CPU is doing, it might > only shift that amount between processes. ah ok. > Depending on the type of your CPU (which you didn't tell > us), it might be possible to reduce the clock rate using it's an amd athlon-xp 2600+ > the cpufreq(4) framework. You can control it with sysctl. > Reducing the clock rate will reduce the power consumption > and thus the heat generated by the CPU. Of course it will > also make your computer run much slower. thanx, will give that a shot. the machine runs fine under normal circumstances, it's just the odd few jobs. hopefully this'll work without a reboot. *reads up* > should first try to fix your hardware. If the CPU is > overclocked, stop that. nope, not overclocked On Tue 2006-10-24 (01:46), Kazuaki ODA wrote: > Is this really a cpu problem? I suspect that your cpu fan or case fan > has stopped, so there is nothing to cool the cpu. i've been checking those, and they *seem* to be ok. am gonna buy another fan for the cpu when i get a sec. On Mon 2006-10-23 (18:57), Roland Smith wrote: > Forgot the thermal paste between the CPU and the fan? > Overclocked the CPU? nope ;) i built this machine 3 years ago i think, whenever the 2600+'s came out. it's only been giving trouble in the past few months.