Sebastien Roy wrote: > I've had my /etc/power.conf file manually tweaked to contain the > following lines since build 86 based on input from Mark Haywood (and his > blog entry at > http://blogs.sun.com/mhaywood/entry/introducing_speedstep_on_solaris): > > cpupm enable > cpu-threshold 15s > > This works quite well. If the system is idle after 15 seconds, the cpu > frequency of my Core2 Duo CPU goes from 1330 to 1060 or 800 Mhz. > > After having upgraded to build 93, the power.conf file was modified and > the cpu-threshold was changed from 15 to 1275 seconds. The result is > that the CPU frequency virtually never come down from its maximum of > 1330 Mhz. 30 minutes of a pegged CPU when the system is relatively idle > is not optimal. > > I tracked this problem down to the newly introduced Gnome power manager. > It turns out that whenever I click on the "Preferences" for the Gnome > power manager in the notification area, it changes my power.conf > settings in this way even if I don't change any settings. > > There are a couple of bugs here, I think. The first is it shouldn't > change system-wide configuration without the user's consent. The second > is that its setting of a CPU threshold of 1275 seconds doesn't work in > practice. > > Where should I file a bug on this? > > -Seb > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Hmm... personally I don't see seconds as being a good way to throttle the CPU. Yes I think you should file a bug, there shouldn't be conflicting settings, the user should have precedence in this case.
James
