[Bug 432706] Re: cannot change governor from command line

[yossarian holmberg]

throwing my two cents in; i agree 100% with #23 (dan k.) -- the CPU
frequency scaling control capability and applet is one of my favorite
things about linux and the ubuntu/GNOME desktop environment, and i
attempt to enable it on every single machine i put ubuntu onto.   i have
personally witnessed the big difference it can make on some desktop
systems i've deployed, in terms of how hot they run, and how much power
they use, especially when online 24/7..

have the applet default to 'performance' mode if 'ondemand' is too slow,
sure, but don't break 'ondemand' on purpose!  do you really think the
majority of your userbase is too ignorant to do two mouse clicks to
change the setting themselves? and if so, why do you even still list
'ondemand' as a choice, if you're just going to leave it broken?  the
ubuntu desktop installation doesn't even put the CPU frequency scaling
applet onto the panel by default, you have to put it there yourself.
doesn't it stand to reason that if you put it there yourself, you could
probably also figure out which of the automatic governor settings you're
OK with using?

i would definitely appreciate having that choice back, and i can see
there are still more people on forums asking about this.  to the people
who complain ondemand is too slow: put it in performance mode, leave it
there, and be happy you have a choice about the matter, because right
now some of us have lost our ability to choose to do otherwise, which
isn't right.

final point: are we trying to be more environmentally friendly, or not?
anything that reduces excess heat and power usage is good, in my
opinion.  ;-)

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cannot change governor from command line
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