New notebook and high CPU usage and no speed control.

tsimi at speakeasy.net tsimi at speakeasy.net
Fri Apr 6 01:42:22 UTC 2007


Hi,

I have a new Lenovo notebook I have loaded FC6 on.  But, the CPU as reported by System Monitor as well a gkrellm hovers at 50% all the time.  I have very few services running.  Below is the output of uptime and  pa ax, bot run as root.

Also, the CPU speed is always at 1Ghz and never at 2Ghz, even when on AC.  In the BIOS I have speedstep on, and AC set to Max performance, and Battery set to max power savings.  In the Fedore Power Management I do not have the the power savings over performance on the AC tab.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Todd


[root at localhost ~]# uptime
 18:40:34 up 45 min,  1 user,  load average: 1.43, 1.43, 1.34


  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        Ss     0:01 init [5]                          
    2 ?        S      0:00 [migration/0]
    3 ?        SN     0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    4 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/0]
    5 ?        S      0:00 [migration/1]
    6 ?        SN     0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
    7 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/1]
    8 ?        S<     0:00 [events/0]
    9 ?        S<     0:00 [events/1]
   10 ?        S<     0:00 [khelper]
   11 ?        S<     0:00 [kthread]
   63 ?        S<     0:00 [kblockd/0]
   64 ?        S<     0:00 [kblockd/1]
   65 ?        S<     0:00 [kacpid]
  182 ?        S<     0:00 [cqueue/0]
  183 ?        S<     0:00 [cqueue/1]
  184 ?        S<     0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
  187 ?        S<     0:00 [khubd]
  189 ?        S<     0:00 [kseriod]
  216 ?        S      0:00 [pdflush]
  217 ?        S      0:00 [pdflush]
  218 ?        S<     0:00 [kswapd0]
  219 ?        S<     0:00 [aio/0]
  220 ?        S<     0:00 [aio/1]
  375 ?        S<     0:00 [pccardd]
  391 ?        S<     0:00 [kpsmoused]
  396 ?        S      0:00 [kirqd]
  425 ?        S<     0:00 [ata/0]
  426 ?        S<     0:00 [ata/1]
  427 ?        S<     0:00 [ata_aux]
  431 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
  432 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
  433 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
  434 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
  435 ?        S<     0:00 [kjournald]
  467 ?        S<     0:00 [kauditd]
  505 ?        S<s    0:00 /sbin/udevd -d
 1205 ?        S<     0:00 [ipw3945/0]
 1206 ?        S<     0:00 [ipw3945/1]
 1207 ?        S<     0:00 [ipw3945/0]
 1208 ?        S<     0:00 [ipw3945/1]
 1756 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpathd/0]
 1757 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpathd/1]
 1765 ?        S<     0:00 [kmirrord]
 1785 ?        S<     0:00 [kjournald]
 1955 ?        S<     0:00 [kondemand/0]
 1956 ?        S<     0:00 [kondemand/1]
 2099 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/restorecond
 2114 ?        S<sl   0:00 auditd
 2116 ?        S<s    0:00 python /sbin/audispd
 2134 ?        Ss     0:00 syslogd -m 0
 2137 ?        Ss     0:00 klogd -x
 2173 ?        Ss     0:00 mcstransd
 2190 ?        Ssl    0:00 dbus-daemon --system
 2206 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/hcid
 2219 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/sdpd
 2237 ?        S<     0:00 [krfcommd]
 2287 ?        Ssl    0:00 automount
 2310 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid
 2327 ?        S      0:00 python /usr/bin/denyhosts.py --daemon --config=/etc/denyhosts.conf
 2341 ?        Ss     0:00 ./hpiod
 2346 ?        S      0:00 python ./hpssd.py
 2362 ?        Ss     0:00 cupsd
 2380 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
 2396 ?        Ss     0:00 xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
 2411 ?        Ss     0:00 gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t exps2
 2426 ?        Ss     0:00 crond
 2463 ?        Ss     0:00 xfs -droppriv -daemon
 2478 ?        SNs    0:00 anacron -s
 2492 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
 2507 ?        Ss     0:01 hald
 2508 ?        S      0:00 hald-runner
 2514 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
 2515 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-cpufreq
 2523 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event1
 2532 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event7
 2537 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event5
 2544 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hda
 2584 ?        S      0:00 /usr/sbin/smartd -q never
 2589 tty1     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1
 2591 tty2     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
 2593 tty3     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
 2594 tty4     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
 2595 tty5     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
 2596 tty6     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
 2597 ?        Ss     0:02 /bin/sh /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemonq
 2688 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemonq
 2689 ?        S      0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemonq
 2805 tty7     Ss+    0:00 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
 8984 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session
 9286 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/tpb -d
 9510 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
 9522 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
 9526 ?        Ssl    0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 4 --print-address 6 --session
 9725 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 5
10230 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
10232 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
11035 ?        Ss     0:00 metacity --sm-client-id=default1
11379 ?        Ss     0:00 gnome-power-manager
11402 ?        Ss     0:00 gnome-panel --sm-client-id default2
11428 ?        Ss     0:00 nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default3
11512 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=16
11684 ?        Ss     0:00 eggcups --sm-client-id default4
11837 ?        Ss     0:00 bluetooth-applet
11877 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-vfs-daemon
12206 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/bin/puplet
12220 ?        Ss     0:00 nm-applet --sm-disable
12395 ?        Ss     0:00 pam-panel-icon --sm-client-id default0
12397 ?        S      0:00 ./escd --key_Inserted="/usr/bin/esc" --on_Signal="/usr/bin/esc"
12552 ?        Z      0:00 [netstat] <defunct>
13165 ?        S      0:00 /sbin/pam_timestamp_check -d root
14458 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gam_server
14497 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/wnck-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Wncklet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=19
14499 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/trashapplet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Panel_TrashApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=25
15128 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/mapping-daemon
18372 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/notification-area-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_NotificationAreaApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=20
18374 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/clock-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=29
18376 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=35
20197 ?        Sl     0:00 gnome-terminal
20473 ?        S      0:00 gnome-pty-helper
20484 pts/0    Ss     0:00 bash
23344 ?        Ss     0:00 gnome-screensaver
25761 ?        R      0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemonq
25794 pts/0    R+     0:00 ps ax








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