Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-11-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org 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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-11-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tixy debianu...@tixy.myzen.co.uk 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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-11-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org 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

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%

2009-09-30 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 Fri, 2009-09-18 at 13:48 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Aioanei Rares debian.dev.l...@gmail.com 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

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 in

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-19 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Lamb g...@dmiyu.org 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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-19 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca 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

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 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 with 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.

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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aioanei Rares debian.dev.l...@gmail.com 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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aioanei Rares debian.dev.l...@gmail.com writes: Try kpowersave. It works with kpowersave (I just tried), but it would show the supremacy of KDE versus GNOME... - -- Merciadri Luca See

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

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.

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 thought it

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 Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jochen Schulz m...@well-adjusted.de 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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aioanei Rares debian.dev.l...@gmail.com 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

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 speaking

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

Re: CPU default frequency is at 75%

2009-09-18 Thread Jochen Schulz
Merciadri Luca: Jochen Schulz m...@well-adjusted.de 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