2010 very slow

[Was_Just19]

Using the command cat /proc/cpuinfo does it not say at what speed the cpu is set to in the bios? if that is the case ozarkbunnyboy's cpu is set too low.

when i use the command it never changes.

model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz
stepping        : 4
cpu MHz         : 3400.000

As far as I know it reports the present speed of the CPU .......  which if speed control is functional could be very low depending on the load on the CPU.

[chilly]

My current computer is a dell 8300,so how do i apply this speed control?
At idle or when using Devede ect using the command cat /proc/cpuinfo tells me my cpu is running at full.it never changes,so that is why i thought the command takes it's parameters from the settings in the bios.

[Was_Just19]

My current computer is a dell 8300,so how do i apply this speed control?
At idle or when using Devede ect using the command cat /proc/cpuinfo tells me my cpu is running at full.it never changes,so that is why i thought the command takes it's parameters from the settings in the bios.

In truth I have forgotten!  

I remember I had a bit of a job to force my Dell to run at full speed all the time .....  by default it was running mostly at 800Mhz and increasing from that, whereas it now runs at 3.2Ghz.

There was a thread on the subject some time ago ......  maybe it is still there ...

EDIT: KDE CC - Hardware - Power Management is where I set it I think ....

[chilly]

Thanks Just19,i will look into this,i remember using mepis ages ago and my cpu speed was up and down depending on what i was doing.

[Was_Just19]

cpufreq and cpufrequtils from the repo are installed here. This is the info I get for my P4 Hyperthreading CPU

Code:

$ cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please.
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: p4-clockmod
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.00 ms.
  hardware limits: 400 MHz - 3.20 GHz
  available frequency steps: 400 MHz, 800 MHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 2.40 GHz, 2.80 GHz, 3.20 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.20 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 3.20 GHz.
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: p4-clockmod
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.00 ms.
  hardware limits: 400 MHz - 3.20 GHz
  available frequency steps: 400 MHz, 800 MHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 2.40 GHz, 2.80 GHz, 3.20 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.20 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 3.20 GHz.

[chilly]

sorry for hijacking this thread but if the OP's cpu is set wrong in the bios that will cause the slowness he is experiencing.

my cpufreq and cpufrequtils are here

[chilly@localhost ~]$ cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please.
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: p4-clockmod
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.00 ms.
  hardware limits: 425 MHz - 3.40 GHz
  available frequency steps: 425 MHz, 850 MHz, 1.28 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 2.13 GHz, 2.55 GHz, 2.98 GHz, 3.40 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 850 MHz and 3.40 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 3.40 GHz.
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: p4-clockmod
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.00 ms.
  hardware limits: 425 MHz - 3.40 GHz
  available frequency steps: 425 MHz, 850 MHz, 1.28 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 2.13 GHz, 2.55 GHz, 2.98 GHz, 3.40 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 850 MHz and 3.40 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 3.40 GHz.
[chilly@localhost ~]$ c

[coffeetime]

>JohnBoy, chilly,

you both use AMD, right? OP posted info. regarding Intel. I think his driver is the wrong one [p4-clockmod]. This is the driver for my Intel [2 HP laptops]:

driver: acpi-cpufreq

>ozarkbunnyboy,

can you post back from Konsole:

Code:

cpufreq-info

[Was_Just19]

>JohnBoy, chilly,

you both use AMD, right? OP posted info. regarding Intel. I think his driver is the wrong one [p4-clockmod]. This is the driver for my Intel [2 HP laptops]:

Nope ........  P4 using p4-clockmod .......  details above.   

[chilly]

>JohnBoy, chilly,

you both use AMD, right? OP posted info. regarding Intel. I think his driver is the wrong one [p4-clockmod]. This is the driver for my Intel [2 HP laptops]:

Nope ........  P4 using p4-clockmod .......  details above.   

Same as

[coffeetime]

Laptop or desktop? I would still like to see OP cpufreq-info.

[Hootiegibbon]

Ok this is going off on a tangent _ will split and separate later.

ozarkbunnyboy,

I think this is related to the openchrome card, and the ati card - and irq settings.

Can you first of all post the results of

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep Driver

Jase