CPU Frequency Scaling Governor on Laptop - How ?

[Carthik Sharma]

On 11/4/05, Carthik Sharma <carthik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use the "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor 2.12.1" panel monitor on my laptop.
>
> The above tool does not give me the ability to choose the CPU
> frequency (the cpu frequency governor is not enabled).
>
> On the Forums, I read that I have to do a
> chmod a+s /usr/bin/cpufreq-selector
>
> to get it to work.
>
> I am wondering though if this is the right way to go about this.
Found:
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17604

Why, oh why, do things have to be so difficult on Laptops ?
I mean, I am sure there are people who use Laptops as servers and
multi-user machines and such, but for the most, i think we agree that
Laptops are single-user machines. I should think that there should be
an easier way to allow people (normal users) to use the laptop the way
they see fit.

Please consider this as a request to make it easier to use cpu
frequency scaling, and governors.

Thank you,
Carthik.


>
> Is there a conf file somewhere I should know about and edit to enable
> me to change the frequency scaling using the above-mentioned monitor?
>
> Why is the use of the Frequency governor (by the monitor) disabled by
> default on Ubuntu systems? Is there a gotcha here that I don't see?
>
>
> Thank you,
> Carthik.
> --
> Ph.D. Candidate
> University of Central Florida
> Homepage: http://carthik.net
>


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University of Central Florida
Homepage: http://carthik.net