From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 14:24:26 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 B5C21106566C for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:24:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@chillt.de) Received: from dd16434.kasserver.com (dd16434.kasserver.com [85.13.137.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 764008FC16 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:24:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from taiko.lan (ppp-94-44.21-151.libero.it [151.21.44.94]) by dd16434.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ECCB2188603F; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:24:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4DB583E9.8080507@chillt.de> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:23:37 +0200 From: Bartosz Fabianowski User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110309 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick 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> <20110425141643.GA38380@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20110425141643.GA38380@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 14:24:26 -0000 > Try Knoppix, or Ubuntu LiveCD. I tend to use the former for rescue > situations: Thanks. I am aware of both - but neither boots from USB (and I have no CD-Rs at hand). I am running UNetbootin under Windows XP in VirtualBox right now to try and get Xubuntu 10.04 onto a USB key. It is really sad that almost all Linux distributions require this detour via a proprietary operating system. > 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. Absolutely, they do not "support" FreeBSD. But if the laptop overheats during normal usage, to me, the hardware is broken and needs to be fixed. So far, Dell have been very cooperative, sent out technicians several times and in the end provided me with a completely new laptop. Going by this previous experience, I expect them to send out a technician again and attempt a repair. I am doubtful it will actually fix anything though. > 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. I will be able to provide a comparison with Linux soon. This may be helpful. - Bartosz