Am I using the right kernel for my system? [SOLVED]

[Member CyberGhost]

Hi, I’ve been meaning to getting around to asking this. Based on my system info below, am I using the right kernel for my system? Also, I am using the zzzIcewm. What is the lightest, less resource intensive WM to use? Even when I update my system, it uses 100% of the CPU. Which I don’t know if that is normal due to my old hardware or perhaps making some changes might make it use less. In addition, I can’t seem to find a browser light enough to run on my system without it using 100% of the CPU and maxing out the RAM. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated thanks!

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.137-antix.1-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.137-antix.1-486-smp
    root=UUID=370a8dff-c4b8-458d-8335-72c7bb799c0e ro quiet
  Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.9 vt: 7 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0
    Distro: antiX-21_386-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv1000 (PR425UA#ABA) v: Rev 1
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: Quanta type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Quanta model: 09B8 v: 34.20 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: F.12
    date: 11/08/2004
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 45.5/88.8 Wh (51.2%) volts: 12.4 min: 14.8
    model: Hewlett-Packard JM-12 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 964.8 MiB used: 272 MiB (28.2%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 arch: M Dothan built: 2003-05 process: Intel 90nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0xD (13) stepping: 6 microcode: 0x18
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 1 smt: <unsupported> cache: 2 MiB note: check
  Speed (MHz): 600 min/max: 600/1600 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil core:
    1: 600 bogomips: 3192
  Flags: acpi apic bts clflush cmov cpuid cx8 de dts est fpu fxsr mca mce mmx msr mtrr pbe pge
    pse sep ss sse sse2 tm tm2 tsc vme
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf status: Vulnerable
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown status: Vulnerable
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen2 process: Intel 130nm built: 2002-03 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3582 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x203mm (13.31x7.99") s-diag: 394mm (15.52")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model: Seiko Epson 0x5642 built: 2004 res: 1280x768 hz: 60
    dpi: 108 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.580 y: 0.341 green: x: 0.310 y: 0.549 blue: x: 0.153
    y: 0.153 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 300x180mm (11.81x7.09") diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 15:9
    modes: 1280x768
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.3 Mesa 20.3.5
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM AC97 Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_intel8x0
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:24c5 class-ID: 0401
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.137-antix.1-486-smp running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 modules: 8139cp port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic mngtmpaddr scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link
  Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq modules: wl bus-ID: 02:06.0 chip-ID: 8086:4220 class-ID: 0280
  IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 149.05 GiB used: 4.56 GiB (3.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS541616J9AT00 size: 149.05 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: A70H
    scheme: MBR
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PIONEER model: DVD-RW DVR-K14 rev: 1.14
    dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 147.54 GiB size: 144.17 GiB (97.71%) used: 4.56 GiB (3.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: rootantiX21 uuid: 370a8dff-c4b8-458d-8335-72c7bb799c0e
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2 label: swapantiX uuid: 5b861ae7-9b9f-4848-bedb-5afd5502cf4c
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1:2 info: Pixart Imaging Optical Mouse type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2510 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured?
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1571 lib: 744
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
    1: deb http: //mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye/ bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list
    1: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http: //ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http: //ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
    2: deb http: //security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 117
  1: cpu: 25.0% command: yad pid: 2475 mem: 23.2 MiB (2.4%)
  2: cpu: 5.3% command: xorg pid: 1802 mem: 25.3 MiB (2.6%)
  3: cpu: 2.9% command: desktop-session started by: bash pid: 2049 mem: 3.27 MiB (0.3%)
  4: cpu: 2.8% command: slimski pid: 1793 mem: 7.81 MiB (0.8%)
  5: cpu: 2.0% command: init pid: 1 mem: 1.74 MiB (0.1%)
  Memory top: 5 of 117
  1: mem: 25.3 MiB (2.6%) command: xorg pid: 1802 cpu: 5.3%
  2: mem: 23.2 MiB (2.4%) command: yad pid: 2475 cpu: 25.0%
  3: mem: 17.5 MiB (1.8%) command: zzzfm pid: 2129 cpu: 1.1%
  4: mem: 15.8 MiB (1.6%) command: volumeicon pid: 2185 cpu: 0.2%
  5: mem: 15.4 MiB (1.5%) command: icewm pid: 2123 cpu: 1.3%
Info:
  Processes: 117 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 2 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: service
  Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Client: IceWM v: 2.9.9 inxi: 3.3.19

• This topic was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by CyberGhost. Reason: Issue has been solved

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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I am running Edit: too tired to straiten out my post. Between forum and computers. I am tired.

$ inxi -b
System:
  Host: shop1 Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.0
    Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Acer product: Aspire T180 v: R01-B3
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: EM61SM/EM61PM serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: Phoenix v: R01-B3 date: 02/07/2007
CPU:
  Info: single core AMD Athlon 64 3800+ [UP] speed (MHz): 2400
    min/max: 1000/2400
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405] driver: nvidiafb v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: fbdev,nouveau
    unloaded: modesetting,vesa gpu: nvidiafb resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5
Network:
  Device-1: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 16.46 GiB (0.9%)
Info:
  Processes: 125 Uptime: 9m Memory: 2.67 GiB used: 811.2 MiB (29.6%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.19
harry@shop1:~

on my amd cpu with no ill effects. This is a fresh install. I coulda went with 4.9 but I figured what the hell.

In case you change your mind

harry@shop1:~
$ sudo cli-aptiX
Checking source files …
It appears that at least one list file is missing
You should probably run apt-get update now

Run apt-get update now?
> yes
= no
Press to select the highlighted entry
Use ‘h’ for help, ‘r’ to redraw, ‘q’ to quit
Checking for package upgrades …
Creating database …
database generation took 3.19 seconds

===============================================================================
antiX Command Line Package Installer
===============================================================================
(no pending upgrades)

Main Menu
> Search for packages to mark or install
> View a list of 84 suggested Command Line packages
> View a list of 165 suggested GUI packages
> Search for antiX kernels
> Search for all kernels
> Update package index (last update Sat 08 Oct 2022 10:20:31 PM CDT)
> Edit the repo source files
> Quit
Press to select the highlighted entry
Use ‘h’ for help, ‘r’ to redraw, ‘q’ to quit `

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This is fresh install from yesterday and is already been dist-upgraded which was why I said no. Ususally I will say yes after apt-update if dist-upgrade was done a while ago.
This is nice cli apt thingy we come with. Enjoy using it.
Happy Trails, Rok

• This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by rokytnji.
• This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by rokytnji.

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I am also of the opinion. If the kernel does not run your unit hot

harry@shop1:~
$ sensors
acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1:        +40.0°C  (crit = +124.0°C)

k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:   +42.0°C  
Core1 Temp:   +42.0°C  

and all hardware works. Why change it? I can see adding a backup though in case the original kernel don’t boot anymore.

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The 4.9 kernel uses less RAM than the 5.10.
The lightest ‘desktop’ is not to use a ‘desktop’ like Rox or zzzFM, but only use a window manager (ie no icons).
The lightest one on antiX is jwm.
There are no light ‘modern’ browsers.

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Ok thanks for both your inputs! That’s all I needed to know. I will try the 4.9 kernel and switch to jwm to see if that makes any difference. Too bad about the browsers. I kind of figured that much though.

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