RE: So SLOW!!

[Scott Stone <SStone@example.com>]

if it's only getting hot in Linux and not in Windows, I'd say it's a problem
with Linux not talking to the power management controller correctly.  I
believe the new laptop boxen have several power states they can be in to
reduce heat and power usage, which your current Linux kernel may not be
aware of.  Try installing a 2.4 kernel, or if you want the "easy route",
install Redhat 7.1 since it comes with a 2.4 kernel out of the box (other
distros may also do this - I haven't researched it.  If you're a linux
beginner, though, Redhat is very user-friendly, especially during the
install[1][2])


[1] Steve - I know, I know.  but it has a nice GUI that easily lets people
install XEmacs..
[2] Chris - Yeah, I fell off the Bandwagon a couple years ago.. :(

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: B0Ti [mailto:9915104t@example.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 4:18 AM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Re: So SLOW!!


Liton wrote:

>  After using about two hours and half or so my laptop
> starts freezing. It happend with KDE. I'm not sure if the same thing's
going
> to happen to Gnome too. The computer gets so hot.

You need to find the cause. The problem might be that your laptop is not
cooled/ventillated properly and the processor overheats.
Try running cpu hungry applications on the text console (without starting
X),
compiling kernels in an endless loop is a good test for this. If it can go
on
for a week without freezing then the problem might be with your video card
driver in XFree, or something else.


--
B0Ti.



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