cpu-freq-applet

[Jim Cornette]

Sean Bruno wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 07:05 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
> 
>>Sean Bruno wrote:
>>
>>>I have been noticing that my D800 laptop has been running hot(temp)
>>>since I installed FC4.  
>>>
>>>Investigating a bit, I noted that I was pretty much always running at a
>>>load of about 1.  The cpu-freq applet seems to take a quite a bit of
>>>horse power.  This was confirmed when I shut it off and my box cooled
>>>off quite a bit.
> 
> 
>>My computer always comes up at full frequency. I let it load programs 
>>initially and when things that I use are up, I change the frequency via 
>>the applet to 662 MHz vs. the max of 1.52 GHz.
>>
>>If you left click (or tap) the mouse around the applet, you can select a 
>>lower frequency from the applet choices.
>>
>>I would not guess it is the applet, but something determining the best 
>>frequency for the computer load.
>>
>>Jim
>>
> 
> My laptop seems to scale correctly, that is to say it bumps the
> frequency accordingly when the load goes up or down.  The issue I am
> seeing is that the applet itself seems to eat up quite a bit more
> horsepower that I would expect.
> 
> When my box comes up, it runs at a load of 1 with the cpu-freq applet
> running.  If I deactivate it, the load goes down to almost nothing.
> 
> Is this what you are seeing?  Can you check out my findings?
> 
> Sean
> 

I'll remove the applet from the panel to see if this effects the cpu 
frequency. I am on a desktop currently and not the laptop. This 
comparison I'll do tomorrow.

For the normal operation of the laptop, I start in runlevel 3. The fan 
does not run while I am in the terminal. The fan does seem to engage 
once I startx. The applet displays max frequency. I need to manually 
select a lower frequency or the laptop gets on the hot side. I do not 
see scaling. I used to see scaling depending on the load.

I'll check the cpufrequency before starting the GUI and pass on the 
results. I run acpi and it has worked properly from the Severn test 
days. With the hit for speeding up everything, I assumed this was an 
intended change to maximize everything.

JIm

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