I am running xubuntu. I even tried installing Gentoo and problem persists. And,
as I said the cpu usage shoots up as soon as I start flash.
Barry, Laptop name: Dell Inspiron 6000the ouput of "sudo cat/proc/cpuinfo" is :
"model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz"the ouput of "lspci | grep
VGA" is: "01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility
Radeon X300]"the output of "lscpci | grep PCI bridge" is: "00:01.0 PCI bridge:
Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)"
output of "sudo dmidecode " (there was more)Base Board InformationHandle 0x0200,
DMI type 2, 9 bytesManufacturer: Dell Inc.Product Name: 0X9238Version: Serial
Number: .9NM6V1J.CN129615954892.