Jerry Geis wrote:

Hi

I have a compaq R4000 with the 2.4GIG AMD 64 bit. 4000+ rated. proc cpuinfo reports

cpu Mhz as 997.481

Do I have to run the 64 bit version to have things run correctly? I just have the normal 4.2 loaded at this time.

The laptop seems slow for 4000+ as reflected by the cpu Mhz also.

Any thoughts on running the 32 bit version of 4.2 vs the 64 bit version of 4.2?

See AMD "Cool'n'Quiet" which reduces the CPU speed when not under load (and/or on 'niced' processes). You can disable the cpuspeed init to make it always run at the maximum speed.

Dave Thompson UW-Madison