From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 22:12:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 483A516A421 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:12:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D608B13C45A for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:12:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4LMCBSM069686; Tue, 22 May 2007 00:12:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BD90AB826; Tue, 22 May 2007 00:12:10 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 00:12:10 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Ghirai Message-ID: <20070521221210.GA99691@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Ghirai , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <634772431.20070521215222@ghirai.com> <20070521200813.GB95817@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <1897036871.20070522005608@ghirai.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1897036871.20070522005608@ghirai.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: notebook cpu throttling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:12:13 -0000 --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:56:08AM +0300, Ghirai wrote: > >> Hello list, > >>=20 > >> I'm running 6.2-RELEASE, SMP, on a > >> Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro v3205 (Core Duo). > >>=20 > >> Everything works fine, except the cpu throttling, > >> which makes the fan start quite often. > >>=20 > >> Is there any way to fix this? >=20 > > You need to do three things (as root); >=20 > > 1) Load the cpufreq module 'kldload cpufreq'. > > 2) Put 'powerd_enable=3D"YES"' in your /etc/rc.conf > > 2) Start powerd: '/etc/rc.d/powerd start' >=20 > > Roland >=20 > Thanks for the hint. >=20 > I did that, but now xorg constantly uses 20-30% CPU. That's a lot. Are you doing anything to make it work hard? Such a constantly high CPU usage is not normal, IMHO. Unless you're doing something wacky like running xearth or xlock on your root window. > CPUs were running cooler indeed, but everything ran jerky, > because of the xorg cpu usage. You can try to renice(8) the X server. That might make it less jerky. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGUhk6EnfvsMMhpyURAmDjAJ968mbCStnw1lax7dMOpEzS9P1TPACdFrwa RKounpkW8eq9C7NTuBmxyOA= =PPDj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--