On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Jonathan Breeze wrote:
I tried 'rccpufreqd start' but the daemon wouldn't start ... 'starting cpufreqd skipped' . grep cpugreqd /var/log/messages revealed 'CPU frequency scaling not supported with current settings! Is this machine supporting speedstep or powernow technology? Please have a look in /etc/sysconfig/powermanagement'. So I tried setting CPUFREQD_MODULE to "powernow-k8". rccpufreqd start resulted in 'failed' ... grep -> "CPU frequency scaling not supported".
I checked the kernel configuration which says that frequency scaling is supported as a loadable module. I checked for the module and there it is at /lib/
bummer that it's stuck at low speed. I disabled cpufreqd because it caused my motherboard to hang, but at least it's running at full speed when it boots. [...]
I've reached as far as my meager knowledge will take me.
Is there anything I can do to get my computer into top gear ??
You're doing pretty well actually! contact both the laptop manufacturer and the bios writers and see if there's something they know about the info you have posted. I'd think it be in their interest to have somebody like you advertise how great their computer is vs how crummy it is :-) I think there's a bug in cpufreqd - disabling it has saved me a lot of problems. So another place to check is the linux kernel and who ever is writing that routine. I wouldn't mind getting the whole ACPI system working, but I can at least live without it. Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike