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From: podge@××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:56:36
Message-Id: 200902180926.28094.hagg0020@csem.flinders.edu.au
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop by Beau Henderson
1 On Wednesday 18 February 2009 09:20:22 Beau Henderson wrote:
2 > G'day,
3 >
4 > I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is causing my
5 > new Toshiba A300 Satelite to idle at a load of 1.00 when not in use. Right
6 > after boot up it settles at 1.00 when I do nothing. I'm not seeing anything
7 > out of ordinary in dmesg ( asside from an non issue with legacy usb and sd
8 > and sr drivers in the kernel ).
9 >
10 > I had Ubuntu on this thing for a week or so as I needed something quick
11 > fast when my workstation chipfan died on me and this wasn't an issue when I
12 > had that installed so I think I can rule out hardware. Also, its not an
13 > issue when I boot up via live cd ( sysrescuecd ).
14 >
15 > I've tried different cpufreq governors ( default is ondemand ) and that
16 > doesn't appear to be an issue.
17 >
18 > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
19 >
20 > Thanks.
21
22 Is updatedb or some similar indexer running? Being a new install it might
23 still be building its index for the first time.
24
25 I've noticed before that processes in io-wait seem to count towards the load
26 average, even though they might not be actually using the CPU that much.
27
28 Shawn

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Re: [gentoo-user] Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop Beau Henderson <beau@××××××××××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: Constant Load 1.00+ on new Toshiba laptop James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>