[Debian-eeepc-devel] saving battery

Robert Epprecht epprecht at solnet.ch
Sun Feb 14 11:27:51 UTC 2010


Daniel Dalton <d.dalton at iinet.net.au> writes:

> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 05:03:37PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> I have installed cpufrequtils to do this. It did not need any configuration
>> as the default is 'ondemand' which was the right thing for me. Works well.
>> Run cpufreq-info to see what it does.
>
> Looks like it is working for me too. I get this when running
> cpufreq-info, does this mean my processor will never be scaled under
> 1,000 mhz no matter the task? If so, why does it not go under 1,000 mhz?
> Here is one of the lines I see from cpufreq-info:
>  current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 1.67 GHz.
>                   The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
>                   within this range.
>
> Does this mean it is set to on demmand?

yes

I don't know why it does not go further down then 1000 Mhz.
For me it goes down to 800 Mhz.

hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.60 GHz

Might be different processor specs? (I am on a Eee 901).

Robert Epprecht




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