Cpu fun

Sorry that I didn't post yesterday, the internet was down.


On my penguin, I'm playing around with x-windows, as you know. Right now, I have no window system set up correctly. I'm having fun with text, though.

I was playing with cpufreq-info, and found some cool things. My CPU is rated at 2.4ghz. It is controlled by cpufreq to be either 2400 or 2100 mhz. I connot control the frequency with cpufreq-set or anything. I found, however, that I can change governors. I decided that I would use the "ondemand" governor. That keeps my processor at 2.1 unless I am doing anything. I was having fun with Ctrl-Alt-Fx, because I could check the frequency on tty1 and run "primes" on tty2.

This is good because I like the full power when I'm doing stuff, but it'll stay cooler and use less power when not in use. My current setup is better than before I built the new kernel, because cpufreq didn't work before. I had a constant 2392.35 (or close) MHz.

Anyway, I can't reset Max, min, or freq. Is there any way to do this?

poly-p man