Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-11-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson writes: > On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 12:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> I am using GNOME with Debian Lenny, with a 2.6.26-2-686 kernel. I have >> added to one of my panels the GNOME's default CPU scaling applet. It >> allows me to modify

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-11-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tixy writes: > On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 10:45 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> However, the whole problem is that it does *not* automatically adjust >> the CPU freq, according to its load. > > When doing some video transcoding a while ago, on a Lenny ins

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-11-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson writes: > On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 10:45 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> However, the whole problem is that it does *not* automatically adjust >> the CPU freq, according to its load. > > cpufreqd installed? Thanks, Paul: I had to install

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 13:48 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Aioanei Rares writes: > > > Try kpowersave. > It works with kpowersave (I just tried), but it would show the > supremacy of KDE versus GNOME... Just because they do one thing right doesn't mean that it's overall right. Eventually even

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 12:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I am using GNOME with Debian Lenny, with a 2.6.26-2-686 kernel. I have > added to one of my panels the GNOME's default CPU scaling applet. It > allows me to modify CPUs' frequency (not independently, as I have 4 > CPUs on the same machine)

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 10:45 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > However, the whole problem is that it does *not* automatically adjust > the CPU freq, according to its load. cpufreqd installed? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Ondemand, the same as what appears in the applet, after boot. > However, despite "Ondemand", even a huge CPU load does not make Debian > asking for more CPU resources, such as 100%. Notice that "ondemand" and such are completely implemented inside the kernel. So all the relevant parameters are

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-19 Thread Jochen Schulz
Tixy: > On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 10:45 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> >> However, the whole problem is that it does *not* automatically adjust >> the CPU freq, according to its load. > > When doing some video transcoding a while ago, on a Lenny install, I > noticed that it was using 100% CPU time wi

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-19 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 10:45 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > However, the whole problem is that it does *not* automatically adjust > the CPU freq, according to its load. When doing some video transcoding a while ago, on a Lenny install, I noticed that it was using 100% CPU time with the CPU running

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-19 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefan Monnier writes: >> How could I manage to make the process of using "Performance" >> automatically? > > Most likely the setting you currently have is one which automatically > adjusts the frequency based on the amount of work there is for the C

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-19 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Lamb writes: > Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Nowadays, power management is important for all machines nowadays, and > > Not to the point where it overrides user preference or causes problems > with the machine. I've got one machine where every

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-19 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jochen Schulz writes: > Merciadri Luca: >> Jochen Schulz writes: >> >>> What does >>> >>> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor >>> >>> say after bootup? >>> >> Ondemand, the same as what appears in the applet, after boot. H

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Jochen Schulz
Merciadri Luca: > Jochen Schulz writes: > >> What does >> >> # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor >> >> say after bootup? >> > Ondemand, the same as what appears in the applet, after boot. However, > despite "Ondemand", even a huge CPU load does not make Debian asking > f

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Stefan Monnier wrote: > Nowadays, power management is important for all machines nowadays, and Not to the point where it overrides user preference or causes problems with the machine. I've got one machine where every time the power manager decided to adjust my CPU speed the entire machine fro

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Stefan Monnier
> How could I manage to make the process of using "Performance" > automatically? Most likely the setting you currently have is one which automatically adjusts the frequency based on the amount of work there is for the CPU: if it's busy, the frequency will climb to 100%. > The computer I am speaki

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aioanei Rares writes: > Then write upstream or try coding it yourself Mmh, I think you did not understand me... No matter. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jochen Schulz writes: > What does > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > > say after bootup? Ondemand, the same as what appears in the applet, after boot. However, despite "Ondemand", even a huge CPU load does not make Debi

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
Jochen Schulz wrote: Merciadri Luca: However, when booting Debian, it is put at 75%, and keeps using this value until I change it (by clicking on the applet, and choosing "Performance" or "2.66Ghz", or "100%"). What does # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor say

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Jochen Schulz
Merciadri Luca: > > However, when booting Debian, it is put at 75%, and keeps using this > value until I change it (by clicking on the applet, and choosing > "Performance" or "2.66Ghz", or "100%"). What does # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor say after bootup? > I thou

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I do not want to go "there", as GNOME suits my needs better than KDE. However, I deeply think that one must use an interface from the beginning to the end. It is nonsense to use parts of an interface and parts of another. Someti

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I do not want to go "there", as GNOME suits my needs better than KDE. However, I deeply think that one must use an interface from the beginning to the end. It is nonsense to use parts of an interface and parts of another. Sometimes, installing KDE pack

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aioanei Rares writes: Try kpowersave. It works with kpowersave (I just tried), but it would show the supremacy of KDE versus GNOME... - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ ---

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aioanei Rares writes: > Try kpowersave. It works with kpowersave (I just tried), but it would show the supremacy of KDE versus GNOME... - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versio

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I am using GNOME with Debian Lenny, with a 2.6.26-2-686 kernel. I have added to one of my panels the GNOME's default CPU scaling applet. It allows me to modify CPUs' frequency (not independently, as I have 4 CPUs on the

CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I am using GNOME with Debian Lenny, with a 2.6.26-2-686 kernel. I have added to one of my panels the GNOME's default CPU scaling applet. It allows me to modify CPUs' frequency (not independently, as I have 4 CPUs on the same machine) easily. H