2008/2/6, Brett Johnson <brett@blzj.com>:
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>
> On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 13:44 +0000, Beso wrote:
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> >
> > the trip_points cannot be set manually, since the trip_points file is
> > readonly
> > for the moment my problem is that i cannot make the script to read the
> > acpi temperature.
> > for now i'd suggest for you to add some sensor monitor, like kima for
> > kde, or some others and use them to identify the acpi temperature.
> > when your thermal reaches 80° you'd have to set the cpufreq to
> > powersave so that the processor goes to the lowest freq and the
> > thermal
> >
> > temperature goes down. the console command to do this is:
> > cpufreq-set -g powersave
> > when the temperature goes around 60°-62° you can reset the
> > conservative governor so that you will have the processor go faster
> > when you need it.
> > cpufreq-set -g conservative.
> >
> > as soon as i finish the scripts to automatically adjust the processor
> > based on thermal readings i'll post them to you.
> >
> I have not been following this thread to closely so I apologize if this
> has already been mentioned. Have you considered ncpufreqd? According to
> the Gentoo power management guide:
>
> "Toggles the used governor between performance and powersave depending
> on system temperature. Very useful on laptops with notorious heat
> problems."


this could be a workaround for the issue. try emerging and testing it. if
this still doesn't work let me know so that i can continue to work on the
scripts. for the moment i'll stop working on them and wait for a positive or
negative answer from you.

-- 
dott. ing. beso