Re: [gentoo-user] VMware and cpu_states on Dell 9300

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/3/06, Michael W. Holdeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #!/bin/bash > echo 1 > /sys/module/processor/parameters/max_cstate > vmwarearts > echo 8 > /sys/module/processor/parameters/max_cstate > Does anyone here have a better solution?? If you build the ACPI processor kernel driver as a modul

Re: [gentoo-user] VMware and cpu_states on Dell 9300

2006-02-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:14:33 -0500, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > This works but whenever you boot the laptop you have to su to root and > execute teh chmod again or the state will not be enforced and vmware is > deathly slow. > > Does anyone here have a better solution?? sudo. Giving root rights

[gentoo-user] VMware and cpu_states on Dell 9300

2006-02-03 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
I purchased a new Dell 9300 to replace teh 8600 I have been using. The lap is nearly identical to teh 8600. When running VMWare with w2k it was unbearably slow. Through some googeling and VMWare's forums I found that teh cpu kept going to sleep state when running vmware. So the best solution I f