[ltp] Low CPU speed on T21 with Suse 9 Pro

Michael Stender linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:03:19 +0100


> [...]
> 
> > to RAM). The problem is now, that cpuspeed tells me that the CPU is 
> > only working with 206 MHz, even while being connected to a 
> AC source 
> > (e.g. in the KDE Desktop the AC symbol is shown + 100% charged 
> > batteries). In /var/log/cpuinfo the CPU family and stepping is 
> > correctly identified, but it says the cpu MHz is 212.557 (in fact a 
> > T21 has a 800 MHz CPU). I already also disabled cpufreqd in the 
> > runlevel editor.
> 
> Does it also run with ~200 MHz, e.g. is it slow? If not, I 
> wouldn't worry about this.

Yes, the machine runs as slow as 206 MHz; starting applications takes
forever, applications react very slowly, etc.