On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 05:40:16PM +0000, Andy Green wrote: > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:40:16 +0000 > From: Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAQMAAABtzGvEAAAABlBMVEUAAAD///+l2Z/dAAAA > CXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH1QgcEB8sRzxF1wAAAO5JREFUGNMlj6FuAkEQhn8u > 3ANU4GlVU9NXOFGB3BBqalBNmmBxTWAlqSkadZKgEK1t7hFoAoYgcD1IGmqA5Jrt9J/ZFfPl251/ > JgvhcQBrWBr2IM7yTYSLoasTq+5UL1cDf030ugXt+CmsON3djjJgd9kGEV56fs6W/ZcfAa/H56JF > m4lHE/Ih285YNxRXmWLbcGb3TcXPTR7N3spoi0a02FmmtCBljfYrZZIZ1A6ygI/Q3CGv2VdyaPwv > h21w+gcJT3VDP4HG1ylRcQo7z0ukltugwJC5xKu92ZQqWjWxKfLoEp3yninkgQvFev4Brbazn0BT > QlUAAAAASUVORK5CYII= > Subject: Re: ML-37 clock speed > Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Neal Becker wrote: > > > Is this set dynamically? > > Yep > > service cpuspeed stop > > To kill it permanently > > chkconfig cpuspeed off Slightly better chkconfig --level 123456 cpuspeed off If you stop in level 1 for some reason cpuspeed can clock down the CPU then 'telinit 5' and you do not have cpuspeed to get you out of first gear. (what is a Nash Rambler ---). For most of us "chkconfig cpuspeed off" is just fine. > Be aware you are eating battery doing so. As soon as the processor is > stressed, it will crank up the clock while cpuspeed is active. Watch our for 'micro' benchmarks of any kind. They often do not run long enough to be noticed by cpuspeed. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new place to hang my hat :-) Found me a cable too.