slow system performance after switching to battery on my laptop

[Steve Flynn]

On 18/10/06, Gabriel M Dragffy <dragffy at yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> This is exactly what I suspect too. Question is, how do I find out? How
> do I clock it back up? And how to stop it getting clocked down in the
> first place? So many questions and on this issue I'm at a loss.


There is a utility for the gnome panel  which shows you how much your CPU
clock has been slowed down by -  I forget the name but it's something like
CPU multiplier.

I have also noticed that the little fan in the back has been running
> full tilt for the last two days. Whereas before it would intermittently
> turn on or off and really only occassionally was it on. Terrible!


What kind of CPU does your Sony have - Centrino? Also, are you running Edgy
or Dapper?
What's the output from /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power

-- 
Steve
Despair - It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black...
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