On 18/10/2007, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I recently got a laptop with a multi-core CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo), so I > decided to have a quick look at some of the things related to that. > > I tried the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor applet for the Gnome taskbar, > but it errored-out saying that it couldn't be used. That didn't sound > right, so I had a look through the service configuration, and noticed > that the cpuspeed and irqbalance daemons were stopped, despite being set > to start. > > Starting them worked without any errors, so it wasn't as if they *can't* > be run (such as when they're set to start on a single-core system). > They just didn't start, for some unknown reason, when the system boots > up. > > I was wondering whether anybody else had noticed whether those daemons > weren't running for them, when they should have been. > I've got the same CPU in my Dell Inspiron. In both Fedora 6 (I could not install 7 on this machine) and Ubuntu Feisty, the KPowerManager app works fine, including CPU scaling. I don't know how to check the daemons, but apps that perform CPU scaling apparently work just fine. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
