On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 13:44 +0000, Beso wrote: > > the trip_points cannot be set manually, since the trip_points file is > readonly > for the moment my problem is that i cannot make the script to read the > acpi temperature. > for now i'd suggest for you to add some sensor monitor, like kima for > kde, or some others and use them to identify the acpi temperature. > when your thermal reaches 80° you'd have to set the cpufreq to > powersave so that the processor goes to the lowest freq and the > thermal > > temperature goes down. the console command to do this is: > cpufreq-set -g powersave > when the temperature goes around 60°-62° you can reset the > conservative governor so that you will have the processor go faster > when you need it. > cpufreq-set -g conservative. > > as soon as i finish the scripts to automatically adjust the processor > based on thermal readings i'll post them to you. > I have not been following this thread to closely so I apologize if this has already been mentioned. Have you considered ncpufreqd? According to the Gentoo power management guide:
"Toggles the used governor between performance and powersave depending on system temperature. Very useful on laptops with notorious heat problems." -- [email protected] mailing list
