20100202 - vcpufreq-2.2.0 [ VL 6.0 ]

[M0E-lnx]

Joe1962 has released a new stable version of vcpufreq

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vcpufreq: vcpufreq (cpufreq configuration utility)
vcpufreq:
vcpufreq: vcpufreq is a cpufreq configuration utility developed in Gambas by
vcpufreq: Joe1962 for Vector Linux. It makes it easy to change cpufreq governor
vcpufreq: and related frequency settings. It does not load the appropiate
vcpufreq: cpufreq module for your system. Includes the CLI util vcpufreq-load
vcpufreq: useful for setting the saved config on system start.
vcpufreq:
vcpufreq: Joe1962 <joe1962@users.sourceforge.net>
vcpufreq: GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2, June 1991
vcpufreq:

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BUILDDATE: Wed Jan 27 12:15:00 EST 2010
PACKAGER:  Joe1962
HOST:      Linux 2.6.31.6 i686
DISTRO:    Vector Linux 6.0 SOHO Beta 2 built on DEC-02-2009
CFLAGS:   
CONFIGURE:

System Requirements

bash >= 3.0
qt >= 3.3.5
gambas-runtime >= 2.16 | gambas >= 2.16
kernel >= 2.6.20

Please test this package and report any problems on this thread

[budulay]

The latest gambas and gambas-runtime I can find in the repo is 2.15, therefore slapt-get refuses to install this version of vcpufreq.

[M0E-lnx]

As a work around, install the latest available gambas packages, and use the --no-dep option on gslapt to install the vcpufreq package.
It should work, as the bytecode has not changed in gambas 2 for a while. This should get you going while we get some updated gambas packages

[budulay]

Thank you M0E-lnx, installed without any problems with gambas 2.15 and --no-dep option.

Works great, huge thanks to Joe1962 and everyone who participated in the development for an excelent piece of software.

[toothandnail]

Installed to my T61 (Core2Duo 2.0 GHz).

When I run it, it picks up both cores, but is showing only one CPU frequency readout. See this link:

http://www.users.waitrose.com/~paulm/vcpufreq.png

I was expecting it to show the frequency of both cores, or am I misunderstanding?

Paul.

[Joe1962]

Indeed, it should show both cores. For debugging, please post the output of the following commands run in a terminal:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/affected_cpus
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/related_cpus
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/affected_cpus
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/related_cpus

[toothandnail]

Ok, results as below:

Code:

tooth:$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/affected_cpus
0 1

tooth:$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
800000

tooth:$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/related_cpus
0 1

tooth:$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/affected_cpus
0 1

tooth:$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
800000

tooth:$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/related_cpus
0 1

Hope that helps.....

Paul.

[Joe1962]

Code:

tooth:$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/affected_cpus
0 1

Yes, that means that the frequency of both cores is linked, they cannot be separately set. When vcpufreq finds this situation, it will only handle and display the frequency for cpu0.


EDIT: For example, in my Core 2 Duo, I get the following:

Code:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/affected_cpus
0

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/affected_cpus
1

[Joe1962]

As a work around, install the latest available gambas packages, and use the --no-dep option on gslapt to install the vcpufreq package.
It should work, as the bytecode has not changed in gambas 2 for a while. This should get you going while we get some updated gambas packages

M0E-lnx: could you explodepkg it, edit the slack-deps and repackage as -2vl60? I am actually using gambas 2.19, but manually wrote in the wrong earlier version without actually checking if my memory served me...

[M0E-lnx]

As a work around, install the latest available gambas packages, and use the --no-dep option on gslapt to install the vcpufreq package.
It should work, as the bytecode has not changed in gambas 2 for a while. This should get you going while we get some updated gambas packages

M0E-lnx: could you explodepkg it, edit the slack-deps and repackage as -2vl60? I am actually using gambas 2.19, but manually wrote in the wrong earlier version without actually checking if my memory served me...

Done

[Joe1962]

Thanks!

[roarde]

AFAICT, still not picking up gambas. Shouldn't it be gambas2-runtime >=2.15 | gambas2 >= 2.15 ?

If not, what do I know?

If so, kudos to daemonhunter743 for testing, noticing, and mentioning the problem.

[Joe1962]

This is fixed in the vcpufreq-2.2.1 package which has so far gone under the radar, it should be up in the repo soon courtesy of nightflier.


EDIT: for more info check out the vcpufreq development thread from this post on: http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=980.msg74555#msg74555