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My new machine is working well & thanks again for various advice |
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(see earlier msgs for details of hardware etc). |
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I set up LVM & had to enable a few things in the kernel, |
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but the only real obstacle was the graphics chip -- Intel on the mobo -- , |
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whose driver is simply not ready yet, so I bought an Nvidia card. |
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The system is the same (except 64-bit), except that I'm using Firefox |
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after finding it required 50 pkgs to install Epiphany (grimace). |
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On average, CPU-intensive tasks take 40 % as long as previously |
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(Intel E6750 + 1066 MHz memory now, AMD Athlon 2500+ + 400 MHz before). |
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2 small irritants remain. (1) CPU temperatures are inaccurate: |
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when I start from cold in a room at 26 C (by my everyday thermometer), |
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BIOS shows both CPUs at 8 C : the graphics chip is also misread, |
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but the other direction, showing 44 C ; clearly, both sb room-temperature. |
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Currently, both are showing 23 C in Gkrellm (room is 28 C ). |
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I can correct the GPU in Gkrellm, but the CPU temperatures defy change: |
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settings boxes are grey & editing ~/.gkrellm2/sensor-config has no effect. |
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Moreover, there is a warning in the kernel messages ('dmesg'): |
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CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2) |
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... |
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CPU1: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2) |
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... |
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coretemp coretemp.0: Using undocumented features, |
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absolute temperature might be wrong! |
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coretemp coretemp.1: Using undocumented features, |
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absolute temperature might be wrong! |
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I searched the Forum & tried Google without much success |
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& 'coretemp' does not appear as a 'chip' in /etc/sensors.conf . |
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It looks like a driver problem, perhaps compounded by Gkrellm. |
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(2) I'm having random freezes when using the diskette (floppy) drive: |
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insert a disk, enter an Mtools cmd & the only way out is the reset button. |
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I swapped drive+cable with the previous box without any effect. |
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'Alt-SysRq-K' has no effect. It has not happened before going back to 2000. |
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Hald detects the drive on start-up with a distinct "clunk" from the box. |
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Might it be a mobo defect ? -- perhaps they don't test floppies much today. |
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Has anyone else encountered either of these problems or have a suggestion ? |
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