System information ?????

[HLStyle]

Hi all... A preemptive THANKYOU for everyones help

I'm running an AMD Athlon 64bit 3800+ processor with 1 GB RAM... I have the following kernel installed...

Linux 2.6.18.2-34-default i686 under SuSE 10.2

Is this the correct kernel for the 64bit processors... and if not... will I have any problems upgrading to the 64bit version... ie system locks... etc..

Also.. the system information is showing 1,000.00 MHz for the processor... isn't the 3800+ a 2.4GHz processor??? and is there something I need to correct??

Thankyou

[gogalthorp]

That is a 32bit kernel. Will work fine with a 64 bit processor. You don't need 64 bit OS unless you plan on having over 4 gig of memory or must work with huge files.

Your processor my be throttled down this is a power saving feature. Are you running on a laptop?

Go to Yast-system-Power Managment select Proformance you might also want to check what settings are in Proformance so press Edit Schemes select Proformance and see if the Throttling is turned off.

[HLStyle]

ok thanks for the info on the kernel.. I did check the power schemes and everything is set for performance... is there a standalone program that would be able to tell me my processor speed... maybe it is being reported incorrectly.. ??? Or I guess I should look at my BIOS as well... Any other ideas for assistance on this processor thing would be great

[HLStyle]

ok ok... I think i figured out what I have to change... I noticed that the current CPU frequency policy is "Dynamic" ... and it does fluctuate between 1.0GHz and 2.4GHz ... depending on the load... Will this cause delay??? or is there anything really wrong with having it set to 2.4GHz all the time.. and if not... Where in the world do I change the frequency policy ??

[gogalthorp]

Well if you are using a Desktop machine there is no great need for throttling. turn it off. It is there for power saving mostly for Laptops. In Yast-Power Managment. Edit the proformace policy.

[HLStyle]

Well if you are using a Desktop machine there is no great need for throttling. turn it off. It is there for power saving mostly for Laptops. In Yast-Power Managment. Edit the proformace policy.

It is a desktop... I am wondering where I turn off the throttling in YAST... I looked under the powersaving options.. and it is set for performance... but I see nothing for throttling and it is still happening .. is there somewhere else i should be looking ??

[gogalthorp]

Edit the proformance scheme!!!!!!

[HLStyle]

Edit the proformance scheme!!!!!!

I have looked at the performance scheme and fail to see anywhere you can edit the CPU performance settings..

I have also looked in the /etc/sysconfig editor area under System , Powermanagement, Powersave, CPU , and have verified that CPUFREQ_Enabled is set to 'no' ... yet.. the system is still showing 1GHz .. instead of 2.4GHz.. I do see that if I increase the load the processor speed will go to 2.4GHz ... but i'd like it to stay there...

anywhere else i should check??

[gogalthorp]

Ok I'm runnig 10.1 so I could be wrong.

Power Management-Edit Schemes

select scheme to edit

press Edit button

set CPU Frequency scalling to Max proformance

be sure that Throttling box is unchecked.

If that does not work you must either find someone who is running 10.2 or dig into the 10.2 docs.