From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 14:16:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D17AA106564A for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:16:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B485F8FC12 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.52]) by qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id bpqY1g00517UAYkA6qGlhM; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:16:45 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.84.87]) by omta13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id bqGj1g00W1t3BNj8ZqGjPq; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:16:44 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 18B429B418; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:16:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:16:43 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Bartosz Fabianowski Message-ID: <20110425141643.GA38380@icarus.home.lan> References: <4DB4589B.2020909@ksu.ru> <4DB45D6C.20203@chillt.de> <20110424182456.9DD03589@server.theusgroup.com> <4DB46ED4.2010500@chillt.de> <20110425004818.GA22579@icarus.home.lan> <4DB51F27.5010508@chillt.de> <20110425184728.C73992@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4DB56CDA.50504@chillt.de> <20110425232429.N85801@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4DB57F45.4080107@chillt.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DB57F45.4080107@chillt.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ian Smith , John Subject: Re: System extremely slow under light load 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, 25 Apr 2011 14:16:45 -0000 On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 04:03:49PM +0200, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: > >Sorry to hear none of that helped. It seems a very serious problem, and > >it would be useful to know if it behaves any better under linux or not. > > I am still on the hunt for a bootable Linux distribution. I am in > the unfortunate situation of having no CD-Rs at hand. And because it > is Easter, shops are closed. > > Most Linux distributions require you to run a proprietary tool from > inside Windows or another Linux installation to create a bootable > USB medium. I found a USB image for OpenSUSE but that failed to > boot. I am continuing to hunt... Try Knoppix, or Ubuntu LiveCD. I tend to use the former for rescue situations: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD Saves you from having to install anything as well. Don't expect good X performance, but even if it's software-driven that's still a good stress test for the CPU. > Thanks for all the tips. I will report back once I have had a chance > to compare with Linux. If nothing else helps, I will call Dell again > in the futile attempt to have them magically fix the issue somehow. I'll be very surprised if Dell is of any assistance, as the last I checked they did not officially "support" FreeBSD (that's usually their statement). I think testing Linux and/or Windows will overall act as a better confirmation. I wish I knew what else to recommend too, or what else to check. :-( Folks familiar with ACPI tables might be able to shed some light on the situation, if it is indeed a problem there. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |