Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758570AbZAWWag (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:30:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757366AbZAWWa1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:30:27 -0500 Received: from mail-qy0-f11.google.com ([209.85.221.11]:34638 "EHLO mail-qy0-f11.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757297AbZAWWa0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:30:26 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZvcOE4jz5CEdm+ioqKJFZsu4IiXFODU07JlDOv95aJLaL3h6JNF/x6KOai42n1CV8H hHGN6qp8Lr8MdZ1G41+eVXy3m7WnCGxZgD8rkzSz6nOCqq532uMT0OuTSevhJFU959pt XyU+ickEAUOsxjQxKzlzszlXtjWD3hi5UlEIc= Message-ID: <497A44FE.2040905@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:30:22 -0800 From: "Justin P. Mattock" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Jones , "Justin P. Mattock" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows full throttle References: <49798D8B.5050503@gmail.com> <20090123193601.GB1295@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20090123193601.GB1295@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1386 Lines: 44 Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:27:39AM -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote: > > > I'm confused here when doing a cat /proc/cpuinfo > > with an idle system, I see cpu MHz at 2167.000; > > should be at 1000.00 (when settled down); > > .. > > > > In any case the system is idle and quiet. > > it just says full throttle when it should say > > nice and quiet. > > is acpi-cpufreq loaded ? and cpufreq-ondemand ? > (Also make sure the relevant sysfs knobs are set to use ondemand) > > If no: Make them so! > If yes: boot with cpufreq.debug=7 and send the dmesg > to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org > > Thanks, > > Dave > > I've managed to have cat /proc/cpuinfo read correctly. somewhere somehow when compiling xserver I Installed some package that messed up libpowersaved11 and liblazy1. reinstalling those packages as well as the other powersaved packages seems to have resolved this issue for me.(as well as haveing cpufreq running correctly); I just can't remember what might the package be that caused this to go crazy.(oh-well); as long as the fans aren't screaming/or stuck I'm happy... regards; Justin P. Mattock -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/