On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com<paul.hartman%2bgen...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Beau Henderson <b...@thehenderson.com> > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:18 AM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >> <podge <at> podgeweb.com> writes: > >> > >> > >> > > I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is > causing > >> > > my > >> > > new Toshiba A300 Satelite to idle at a load of 1.00 when not in use. > >> > > Right > >> > > after boot up it settles at 1.00 when I do nothing. I'm not seeing > >> > > anything > >> > > out of ordinary in dmesg ( asside from an non issue with legacy usb > >> > > and sd > >> > > and sr drivers in the kernel ). > >> > >> Ah, > >> > >> I have had a similar problem a few months ago on one system (AMD 64 X2). > >> I never figured it out, but I suspect that rebuilding X, KDE and many > >> other utilities over time, fixed it. X seems to use more resources than > >> it should. But, in reality, after a while, it just went away. None of > the > >> other AMD 64 X2 systems I manage, had the problem. The load was always > 1.0 > >> or higher. > >> > >> > >> I think I even posted to this list and we discussed the meaning of > "load" > >> too. > >> > >> Here's some good reading on "load average" > >> > >> http://www.teamquest.com/resources/gunther/display/5/ > >> > >> > > > > Hey, > > > > I'm fairly comfortable with the definition of load average, that's not > > something I need clarification on, but thanks to all whom have offered. > > > > I'll fire up htop today and see if its able to identify anything that top > or > > ps hasn't as yet. > > > > I'm relatively certain the issue isn't related to X or gnome as the load > > shoots up immediately after boot up and the load issue happens even > without > > firing up startx. > > I wonder if the laptop could be going into some low-speed, low-power > mode, causing it to seem "slow" and thus making the load seem > artificially high? (assuming you're using CPU frequency scaling at > all) > > I've tried manually altering the governor to performance but its the same story. The system doesn't appear sluggish, I'm really more concerned that something is causing the load and this might lead to shorter battery life and and more heat. htop doesn't seem to show anything either. Just for shits n giggles I fired up powertop and implemented its suggestions. No luck with that either unfortunately. This has me completely baffled. -- Beau Dylan Henderson "No human being should be denied the fundamental right to educate themselves or indulge their curiosities. To deny any person the right to do so, for whatever reason, is nothing more than the safeguarding of ignorance to ensure that enlightenment does not become a threat. For nothing in this world is more dangerous than an open mind." -- Matthew Good
