On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:39:18 +0200 Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > # echo 1866000 > scaling_max_freq ; cat scaling_max_freq > > 800000 > > # echo 1866000 > scaling_max_freq ; cat scaling_max_freq > > 800000 > > > > > > This renders my Dothan to utterly poor speeds. (standard T43) > > > > performance cpufreq governor makes no difference - I still can't > > change the frequency upper/lower values. > > Hmm, I have similar problem in Novell bugzilla, on very different hw: > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396311 > > Pavel > are either of you running gnome-power-manager or kpowersaved ? sometimes these programs (and more likely, the patches added by a distro maintainer who doesn't fully realize how power works) tend to muck with kernel settings around CPU frequency that they have absolutely no business touching... -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
