CPUfreq or equivalent for VL light?

[daemonhunter743]

I noticed that VL light does not have cpufreq installed and when I looked for it in GSLAPT and selected it for install I got a warning that it was missing a dependency (gambas)  and may not work right.  So I selected no.  Now I can't even select it for install in GSLAPT.  How can I install cpufreq on VL light or is there some equivalent CPU scaling program for VL light?

[roarde]

The package's slack-required file lists gambas-runtime >=2.15 | gambas >= 2.15
I believe the proper names are gambas2-runtime, etc., so the dependant isn't found.

Nice catch. Not that that helps you, sorry.

Someone should fix this, but you might work around it by choosing "continue anyway", then be sure to check the "download only" box after clicking "apply". Untar the package, fix the reference, repack the files. Install gambas2-runtime (gambas2 if you prefer) and install vcpufreq using upgradepkg --install-new /path/to/new/vcpufreq.pkg.tlz .

Better yet, post a request for the change to "New Package Requests", mentioning vcpufreq 2.2.0-i586-1vl60.

My guess is that most that're using cpufreq are using the xfce4 plugin, so the problem's not been both noticed and noted.

[roarde]

Reading the description, you'll also need to load the appropriate cpufreq module for your system. No idea where it's at, can be found, or whether it's in kernel now. Thought I'd best mention it anyway.

edit: Forgot we're both on VIA. Assuming it's C7, locate e_powersaver shows modules in /lib/modules . . .e_powersaver.ko for both of my available kernels.    Haven't tried manually setting up module loading, but I remember it's a simple command. Shouldn't be hard to find.

[daemonhunter743]

Thanks for the hints.  I downloaded and installed cpufreq without the missing dependency and then downloaded the Gambas runtime independently afterwards and I just launched cpufreq and set it to on demand and Conky is reporting it is scaling the CPU properly so it seems to be working properly.  I does not seem like I will need to download any kind of cpu module.

[nightflier]

I think that the latest version of vcpufreq (2.2.1) is not available in repo yet. Keep an eye out for it.

[daemonhunter743]

There is one problem I have noticed.  It seems after a reboot cpufreq reverts to the userspace governor and does not save the setting for the ondemand governor.

[nightflier]

That is fixed in 2.2.1. You also need to make sure this line is in /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
/sbin/vcpufreq-loader.gambas

I'm attaching the file I have. Realize it is not "official", but it does work great on my machines.

[daemonhunter743]

Thanks.  I installed it.  We will see if it works any better.

[daemonhunter743]

Well I upgraded to the newer version of cpufreq and it does work if I open the program and set the governor manually every time I start up the computer.  The option to save the settings does not actually do anything.  It worked just fine with VL standard edition what is so different about VL light that seems to break this program?

[nightflier]

Did you verify that the line

Code:

/sbin/vcpufreq-loader.gambas

is in /etc/rc.d/rc.local?

[daemonhunter743]

Yes.  I doublechecked that.

[roarde]

If you put

Code:

/bin/env > somefile

at the top of rc.local in both standard and light, do the differences in somefile tell you anything useful?

[nightflier]

Do you see any startup messages from vcpufreq?

Code:

cat /var/log/messages | grep vcpufreq

What happens if you try to start it from the command line?

[Joe1962]

You can run /sbin/vcpufreq-loader.gambas as root in a console and post the output here.