Scaling governor controls

[Tim H.]

On 07/18/2012 06:36 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
>
> On Tue, July 17, 2012 7:25 pm, Tim Henderson wrote:
>
>>> <clip>
>>>   >  scaling governor - normally ondemand, sometimes gets xrun when
>>>   > switching to higher speed. Noticeable difference with "performance"
>>>   > setting. Downsides, CPU runs hotter, batteries on battery run devices
>>>   > last less time. Best to be able to switch for as needed.
>>> <clip>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I apologize if I am oversimplifying this, but have you tried the
>> xfce4-governor-plugin?  It's not installed by default, though it
>> probably should be.  Install with apt-get, allows you to switch between
>> different scale options.  You can see the changes in /proc/cpuinfo
>>
>> Tim H.
>
> sudo apt-get install xfce4-governor-plugin
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package xfce4-governor-plugin
>
> It seems not to be available.
>

You're right.  Package does not exist for Precise.  Looks like the 
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin may have taken its place.  Pretty nice plugin actually.

Tim