On Friday, October 20, 2017 8:30:13 PM EDT Christoph Schmees wrote: > Am 20.10.2017 um 19:25 schrieb Tom: > > ... > > > > I've never seen a named geration for the CPU, even in Dell's technical > > description. It's described as I7-840QM, 1.86, 8MB, CLF, B1. > > that's first generation - GNU/Linux /should/ be mature enough here. :-) > > Is the BIOS (UEFI) of the host machine up to date? Did you install > the latest Intel microcode? > <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26925/Linux-Processor-Microcode-D > ata-File?product=43125> > > Chris
After researching your suggestion, I found that Ubuntu has packages to make the process easier, I just had to uninstall and then reinstal them to force them to update. The uninstall includes removing outdated package names: sudo apt-get remove iucode-tool microcode.ctl intel-microcode sudo apt-get install intel-microcode After rebooting, I now have microcode updates: ~ $ sudo dmesg | grep -e 'microcode' -e 'Linux version' -e 'Command line' [ 0.000000] microcode: CPU0 microcode updated early to revision 0x7, date = 2013-08-20 [ 0.000000] Linux version 4.4.0-97-generic (buildd@lcy01-33) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) ) #120-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 19 17:28:18 UTC 2017 (Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87) [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-97-generic root=UUID=c087b3b4-31ea-46b1-8e80-4dc48fce4906 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 [ 0.237847] microcode: CPU2 microcode updated early to revision 0x7, date = 2013-08-20 [ 0.243192] microcode: CPU4 microcode updated early to revision 0x7, date = 2013-08-20 [ 0.248522] microcode: CPU6 microcode updated early to revision 0x7, date = 2013-08-20 [ 2.518955] microcode: CPU0 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.518977] microcode: CPU1 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.519039] microcode: CPU2 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.519058] microcode: CPU3 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.519063] microcode: CPU4 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.519085] microcode: CPU5 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.519112] microcode: CPU6 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.519128] microcode: CPU7 sig=0x106e5, pf=0x10, revision=0x7 [ 2.519272] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.01 <[email protected]>, Peter Oruba Unfortunately, that only fixed the problem for about a week. Today, the performance is so bad that I rebooted the entire system. After rebooting, it behaved normally for the rest of the day. Any other suggestions? Thanks Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
