boatman9 Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) I am using the Gnome version of 2010.0 in my Compaq N610c laptop, a 1200/2400 MHz machine. In order to manage CPU frequency I installed the package emifreq-applet, described as; EmiFreq applet is a little GNOME applet that shows/control the CPU frequency and temperature thanks to the cpufreq sysfs kernel interface. The emifreqd daemon is also included to enable the applet to change the cpu speed through the CPUFreq extension of the sysfs. I then used Gnome's "Add to Panel" to attempt adding "CpuFreq Monitor" to the panel. Unfortunately the applet did not install, instead the following message was displayed; The applet didn't manage to find CpuFreq support in the sysfs. You need your kernel to have built-in support for CpuFreq or use the module corresponding to your processor type in order to run this applet. What package should I add to enable this CpuFreq Monitor applet? Edited November 25, 2009 by boatman9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillSwift Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 If you mean frequency scaling, there's a panel applet that'll both monitor the current clock scale and let you set the scaling policy. It's called (unsurprisingly :) ) "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman9 Posted November 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 I do have the Gnome applet "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor" loaded, however I need manual frequency scaling. Is there any way to use this applet to manually set the CPU to low speed? Most commonly the need for low speed arises when I play a video that causes the computer to get hot. In this and other such instances I like to keep the CPU at the lower of the two speeds, so long as the video still plays well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillSwift Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Search for CPUFreq in the MCC module "install and remove software", install "cpufreq", "cpufreqd" and "cpufrequtils". Reboot to load the module. That should do the trick, unless Mandriva's default kernel simply doesn't have support for scaling. Someone with more knowledge on this subject feel free to chime in :D If I recall correctly, you can "right-click" ("left-click" if you're left-handed) the applet to get a menu that will let you select the frequency scale manually or set the scaling policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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