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2008/2/6, Brett Johnson <brett@××××.com>: |
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> On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 13:44 +0000, Beso wrote: |
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> > the trip_points cannot be set manually, since the trip_points file is |
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> > readonly |
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> > for the moment my problem is that i cannot make the script to read the |
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> > acpi temperature. |
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> > for now i'd suggest for you to add some sensor monitor, like kima for |
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> > kde, or some others and use them to identify the acpi temperature. |
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> > when your thermal reaches 80° you'd have to set the cpufreq to |
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> > powersave so that the processor goes to the lowest freq and the |
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> > thermal |
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> > temperature goes down. the console command to do this is: |
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> > cpufreq-set -g powersave |
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> > when the temperature goes around 60°-62° you can reset the |
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> > conservative governor so that you will have the processor go faster |
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> > when you need it. |
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> > cpufreq-set -g conservative. |
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> > as soon as i finish the scripts to automatically adjust the processor |
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> > based on thermal readings i'll post them to you. |
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> I have not been following this thread to closely so I apologize if this |
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> has already been mentioned. Have you considered ncpufreqd? According to |
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> the Gentoo power management guide: |
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> "Toggles the used governor between performance and powersave depending |
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> on system temperature. Very useful on laptops with notorious heat |
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> problems." |
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this could be a workaround for the issue. try emerging and testing it. if |
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this still doesn't work let me know so that i can continue to work on the |
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scripts. for the moment i'll stop working on them and wait for a positive or |
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negative answer from you. |
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dott. ing. beso |
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