[qubes-users] [R4.0] CPU Freq Scaling, or "Why am I stuck at 2.1 Ghz?"

2018-12-06 Thread Eric Duncan
Finally received my new Thinkpad X1 Yoga 3rd gen. i7-8650U up to 4.2 Ghz Turbo How can I debug/check that my CPU governor/frequency is scaling correcting under Qubes R4? So far, the only thing I've found is xentop/xl top that lists the CPU - as a never-changing 2.1 Ghz. Maybe this isn't the b

Re: [qubes-users] [R4.0] CPU Freq Scaling, or "Why am I stuck at 2.1 Ghz?"

2018-12-06 Thread Ivan Mitev
On 12/7/18 1:54 AM, Eric Duncan wrote: Finally received my new Thinkpad X1 Yoga 3rd gen. i7-8650U up to 4.2 Ghz Turbo How can I debug/check that my CPU governor/frequency is scaling correcting under Qubes R4? So far, the only thing I've found is xentop/xl top that lists the CPU - as a nev

Re: [qubes-users] [R4.0] CPU Freq Scaling, or "Why am I stuck at 2.1 Ghz?"

2018-12-09 Thread Mike Keehan
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 15:54:17 -0800 (PST) Eric Duncan wrote: > Finally received my new Thinkpad X1 Yoga 3rd gen. > > i7-8650U up to 4.2 Ghz Turbo > > How can I debug/check that my CPU governor/frequency is scaling > correcting under Qubes R4? > > So far, the only thing I've found is xentop/xl to

Re: [qubes-users] [R4.0] CPU Freq Scaling, or "Why am I stuck at 2.1 Ghz?"

2018-12-09 Thread Stuart Perkins
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 17:13:54 + Mike Keehan wrote: >On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 15:54:17 -0800 (PST) >Eric Duncan wrote: > >> Finally received my new Thinkpad X1 Yoga 3rd gen. >> >> i7-8650U up to 4.2 Ghz Turbo >> >> How can I debug/check that my CPU governor/frequency is scaling >> correcting und

Re: [qubes-users] [R4.0] CPU Freq Scaling, or "Why am I stuck at 2.1 Ghz?"

2018-12-10 Thread John Mitchell
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