cpufrequtils + i8kctl (+ gkrellm?) = cpu temp based throttling?

[Sai Emrys]

Hello all.

I have a Dell Inspiron 600m running Kubuntu Feisty. I use cpufreq
governor "conservative" to throttle my CPU (from .6 to 1.6 GHz) and
i8kctl+gkrellm to control fan speed.

However, I still have a major problem with overheating, to the point
where my computer will stall for seconds (or minutes), effectively at
a crawl, until it cools down. This despite using a laptop cooler
tray/fan thingy.

So my question: how could I get cpufreq to start throttling my
processor, not just by load but also by its current temperature? It is
alas counterproductive sometimes for the CPU to be at 1.6 even under
100% load, because at that speed, the temperature will get to 180F and
things start to perform *worse* overall than they would if it were
throttled.

Ideally what I'd like to have is a combination of the conservative
governor (in the case where temperature is within normal ranges), plus
an extra override so that after certain temperature ranges, it caps
more. E.g. at 150F it'd go max 1.2GHz, 165 = .8, 180 = .6. (I'm sure
you can come up with some more intelligent scaling than that; I just
made it up on the spot for example.)

I'm not specifically attached to any of the programs given, but I like
them and they've worked fairly well so far, except for this issue.

Since I'm not on the ubuntu-motu list, I'd appreciate any solutions to
be CCed to me at kubuntu at saizai.com or the from: address of this
email.

Thanks,
 Sai

P.S. Versions:

$ uname -a
Linux Piro 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Sun Sep 23 19:50:39 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
$ apt-cache show cpufrequtils | grep Version
Version: 002-2
$ apt-cache show i8kutils | grep Version
Version: 1.27
$ apt-cache show gkrellm | grep Version
Version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu2