> > >> > > >> This is a 2.6 kernel/FC2 thingy. With FC1 - you have to manually load > > >> the 'driver' for the CPU you have. For Pentium-M - I do: > > >> > > >> modprobe speedstep-centrino > > >> > > >> And for userland controller - I install cpudyn from > > >> http://dag.wieers.com/packages/cpudyn/cpudyn-1.0-1.1.fc1.dag.i386.rpm > > >> > > >> Satish > > >> > > > Ahhhh, this is all starting to make sense to me. My laptop seemed very > > > slow with FC2. I think I have seen others comment that they where having > > > similar problems. After looking through this thread I discovered that my > > > CPU seemed to always be set to the lowest frequency, even when plugged > > > in. After playing around with the stuff in > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq I was able to set my CPU to it > > > highest speed and it soo much faster. My governor is set to "userspace" > > > so I guess my problem is that I am not actually running a user space > > > governor. So, > > > > > > Is there a user space governor that comes with FC2? > > > > That is 'cupspeed' - i.e /etc/init.d/cpuspeed [as in the subject of this thread] > > > > Check /usr/sbin/cpuspeed --help > > [and modify the defult behavior by editing /etc/cpuspeed.conf] > > I've used '-i 1' - and I would need [RFE] an option to eliminate the > > intermediate stages [like cpudyn] > > > > Don't know how to specify 'stay in max performance mode - when > > connected to battery'. It can be done manually with 'killall -SIGUSR1 > > cpuspeed' > > I use Speedfreq, when I'm on battery, I just use acpid to detect the AC > being pulled off and do a > > speedfreq -p powersave > > (checkout the cpuspeed help/man page) > > Also, I noticed that (for me) if I boot up using the battery, acpid > won't detect this and thus, I created a initscript to detect if the AC > is on and call speedfreq accordingly. > > > > Someone mentioned a Gnome CPU frequency applet, I can't seem to find it > > > on my laptop. Is this something I need to install separate? > > You need to DL it and install it yourself. It's Called CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor. > Thanks for the responses. I had all this working under FC1. Since upgrading I have not had a lot of time to figure out the new stuff. I think this has given me enough of a kick start that I can figure out the rest. I tried "man cpuspeed" and just got an error message. Maybe I spelled it wrong. "cpuspeed -h" gives you a little information but not enough to really figure it out. Also, while looking at this I think that powernow-k7 and a couple of speedstep options are actually built into the kernel and not as modules.
