Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi Christian,

Hi,

> I sometimes check the RC bug list, and this bug somewhat intrigued me.
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/368546
>
> I once saw symptoms somewhat like this on a laptop: the system was
> extremely slow, even with nothing running, and the load average was
> very high. It was running KDE.
>
> I believe it was a thermal issue: many current CPUs can throttle to
> very low speeds when they detect a severe overheat condition. In my
> case, blowing 3 years of dust out of the heatsinks seemed to solve the
> problem.
>
> So, I would suggest checking lm-sensors, and/or "acpi -V", both when
> the system is running properly, and when it is abnormally slow.
>
> Obviously I can't be sure whether this is a hardware or software
> problem, but checking the hardware is relatively easy to do, so it
> might be worthwhile.

Thanks for the comment, but you should send that to the BTS 5See the Cc:)

Christian


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