Managing CPU throttling

[Adam Membrey]

Noah Dain wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 02:41:10 +1100, Adam Membrey
><membreya at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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>>Blackomegax: from the console type sudo apt-get install emifreqd-applet
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>>this applet provides cpu throttling control.
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>>Once you have installed it right click on your gnome panel and add the applet :)
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>>Regards,
>>
>>Adam
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>>
>>"what would be awsome is a toolbar addin like the freq monitor already
>>there...except with profiles like speedswitchXP does.
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>>aka. right click and select "max battery", and a p-m will lock itself
>>at the lowest clock and stay there
>>"max performance" and it locks itself at the highest clock
>>"auto" for normal scaling
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>>throw in ac/batt detection for auto profile switching, and custom
>>profiles (like limit batt scaling to 1.0 ghz in p-m) and it'd kick
>>ass...
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>>blackomegax"
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>cool! but ...
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>after manually setting the cpu to something below maximum, it only
>gives the option of going back up to 1200 MHz, and I've a 1300MHz
>processor.
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>But, I can still set it to maximum speed manually.
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Noah,
    Is this on a laptop or a desktop? what does dmesg give you for CPU 
speeds?