CPUFreqUtils on Startup

[Mr Pink57]

Hello,

I'm not totally new to Linux but not a advanced user.

So I have Linux Mint 5 Fluxbox as the only OS on my laptop. I am using CPUFreqUtils to underclock my laptop to 600mhz (which is fine in Flux). However I cannot tell if it is really kicking in on startup or not. I have googled info but it tells me to edit the cd.config (a file name close to that) but I do not have this in my /etc folder and I have done a ctrl + h and gone in as root.

Could I simply add this config file with the info in it? I was also I could control this from the boot up manager but I cannot find the boot manager anywhere.

Does anyone have a script I could use to get this to go on startup?

pink

[shane]

Hi,

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cat /proc/cpuinfo

That should give you the info you need concerning clock speed.

There is probably a GUI way to do this, but I use this command when I want to throttle the cpu to its lowest clock speed.

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sudo cpufreq-set -g powersave

To throttle the CPU to the lowest speed at boot, add this command to an init script like /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh in the start function of the script. Open it as root and add this line as follows:

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case "$1" in
  start|"")
   do_start
   cpufreq-set -g powersave
   ;;


Also, the default Conky setup should also display clock speed in the CPU section.

Hope it helps.

[Mr Pink57]

This is why you are the best at Fluxbox Shane.

pink

[shane]

I'm far from being the best... Glad I could be of help...