[TriLUG] Setting My Processor's Frequency in Ubuntu

Marc M linuxr at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 15:43:02 EDT 2005


Do you have a /proc/cpuinfo file and if so what does it say? 
Marc

On 6/28/05, Randall Barlow <rpbarlow at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> I like that Ubuntu will scale the frequency of my processor based on my
> usage, but is there a way to set it to go a certain speed when on
> battery and full speed when not instead of letting the system manage it
> on its current algorithm? I'm not getting the battery life that I once
> got in WinBlows because it keeps trying to do everything fast when on
> battery. Google hasn't helped me so far, anybody know how to tune this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Randy Barlow
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