[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Daniel, I've uploaded your debdiff, you should see the bugs get hit soonish. I've had to fix the Original-Maintainer field, as it was misspelt, could you watch for that in future? Could you also look at submitting our changes to Debian using something like submittodebian from ubuntu-dev-tools, as well? ** Changed in: powernowd (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
powernowd (0.97-2ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low [ dAniel hAhler ] * debian/init.d: - skip use_ondemand if $OPTIONS != -q are given (LP: #67341) - activate [...]/cpufreq/ondemand/ignore_nice_load in use_ondemand, when using ondemand governor instead of powernowd (LP: #60042) - Use /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-9]*/ to match CPUs and test if it is a directory (LP: #173711, LP: #107820) - Do not use double slashes in paths to avoid confusion * debian/cpufreq-detect.sh: - load e_powersaver if CPU has est flag (LP: #117446) - fix comparison for CPU_FAMILY=6 (LP: #162524) - use /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash for clarification (LP: #162524) (Patch from Jacob Nielsen, Ralph Janke) [ Steve Kowalik ] * Correct spelling of Original in Original-Maintainer. -- Steve Kowalik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:49:36 +1100 -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Steve, the misspelling came from ogra and I've not looked close enough when I've rediffed my patch (my original diff for 0.97-1ubuntu8 had it spelled correctly). I should have caught this, when I've rediffed. Nice to see it finally uploaded, thanks. From what I can tell, all those fixes do not affect Debian - therefor do not need to get submitted to them. btw: using update-maintainer from ubuntu-dev-tools avoids misspelling of Original (and some typing).. ;) -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Sorry, bug spam necessary because of bug 176085. This bug has a patch attached, which needs review and sponsoring. -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Updated debdiff, to match current version in Hardy. ** Attachment added: Debdiff for Hardy (Rebased against 0.97-2ubuntu1.dsc) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10870573/powernowd_0.97-2ubuntu2.dsc.diff -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Updated debdiff, adding a reference to bug 107820 to the changelog. ** Attachment added: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10810176/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff ** Attachment removed: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10772414/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Updated debdiff once more, with a clarification fix for debian/cpufreq- detect.sh (see bug 162524). ** Attachment added: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10772414/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff ** Attachment removed: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10712541/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
** Changed in: powernowd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
** Attachment removed: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10458447/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Updated debdiff again, with more powernowd bugs fixed. Please consider uploading it. A PPA build is available for testing at https://launchpad.net/~blueyed/+archive/+index?field.name_filter=powernow ** Attachment added: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10712541/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff ** Changed in: powernowd (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Triaged -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
This patch should fix this: if $OPTIONS are set in /etc/default/powernowd, the init script does not use the ondemand governor instead of starting powernowd. Additionally, it activates the ignore_nice_load setting, which is the as powernowd does - unless you use the -n option, which would include the nice load. ** Attachment added: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10458417/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff ** Tags added: patch -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
Added reference to bug 60042 to changelog (which is about ignore_nice_load). ** Attachment removed: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10458417/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff ** Attachment added: debdiff for hardy http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10458447/powernowd_0.97-1ubuntu8.dsc.diff -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
I have also seen this behaviour on our mailserver running Ubuntu 7.04 Server. I just commented out the following part of /etc/init.d/powernowd (lines 108-112): if use_ondemand then log_end_msg 0 return 0 fi Seems to work for me, powernowd is running according to ps and frequency scaling behaves as i wish. -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
I'd agree with Justin's comments. I was just bitten by this setting up BOINC on my laptop, and suddenly have the CPU speed (and thus CPU fan speed) shoot through the roof because of BOINC's 95% idle usage. Clearly, this should not be intended behaviour for any power scheduler that something running at idle priority should cause it to raise the CPU speed, and this is doubly true on a laptop running off batteries. In any case, I'm also in favour of having this behaviour at least be controllable from /etc/default/powernowd until bug #94309 is resolved. -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
I've just run into this bug, too, on my from-scratch install of Edgy on a Dell Inspiron 1300... I similarly thought that powernowd should have been running, since I had the package installed; it took 10 minutes to figure out that the init script was silently exiting due to the cpufreq_ondemand module being loaded, instead of starting the daemon. This is bad behaviour. The ondemand governor doesn't work well on this hardware, since it causes the fan to start up and shut down every couple of minutes or so, even when the machine is entirely idle (this is probably related to bug #93404). powernowd is the best userspace governor for the job, and the one I *want* to use; as it stands, I had to edit the init script to inhibit the ondemand code. In essence, I agree with bug #94309. It is inappropriate to hook the use ondemand if possible code into the init script for an unrelated daemon, esp when that daemon is more suitable for certain hardware. A better fix would be to create a *new* package for that code, and keep the powernowd package for the powernowd daemon. If that's too hard due to packaging policies as described in that bug, at the very least, expose the current behaviour, and a switch to fix it, in an /etc/default/powernowd file. -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://launchpad.net/bugs/67341 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
More info: I controlled the speedstepping by running BOINC (http://climateprediction.net). After login or when I use sudo /etc/init.d/powernowd start the CPU goes up to highest speed as soon as the BOINC project starts running, and it stays there. Nice value of the process is 19. When I stop and start powernowd like I wrote in my initial posting: sudo powernowd -q -m 2 -l 40 -u 90 -s 10 then the speedstepping is done in that mode and the CPU stays at low frequency when BOINC is running. The output is: powernowd: verbosity:Settings: powernowd: verbosity:1 powernowd: mode: 2 (PASSIVE) powernowd: step: 100 MHz (10 kHz) powernowd: lowwater:40 % powernowd: highwater: 90 % powernowd: poll interval: 1000 ms powernowd: Found 1 scalable unit: -- 1 'CPU' per scalable unit powernowd: cpu0: 800Mhz - 1866Mhz (12 steps) powernowd: step1 : 1866Mhz powernowd: step2 : 1766Mhz powernowd: step3 : 1666Mhz powernowd: step4 : 1566Mhz powernowd: step5 : 1466Mhz powernowd: step6 : 1366Mhz powernowd: step7 : 1266Mhz powernowd: step8 : 1166Mhz powernowd: step9 : 1066Mhz powernowd: step10 : 966Mhz powernowd: step11 : 866Mhz powernowd: step12 : 800Mhz If I just do sudo powernowd passing no parameters to it, the output is just powernowd: Found 1 scalable unit: -- 1 'CPU' per scalable unit powernowd: cpu0: 800Mhz - 1866Mhz (5 steps) which looks like the AGRESSIVE mode and not the one I saved in /etc/default/powernowd. However, starting powernowd that way results in the CPU staying at lowest frequency as well when BOINC is running. So, there are two issues actually: 1. Options set in /etc/default/powernowd arent used at all, no matter how powernowd is started 2. There's a difference in speedstepping behaviour, depending on the way powernowd is started: sudo /etc/init.d/powernowd start = nice value ignored sudo powernowd = nice value respected -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://launchpad.net/bugs/67341 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 67341] Re: powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore
This is because of bug #13610 (use 'ondemand' kernel governor if possible). When the kernel governor is used, then any options passed to powernowd (the userspace governor) are ignored and the daemon 'powernowd' is not actually started, only the kernel is updated. ** Changed in: powernowd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low Status: Unconfirmed = Confirmed -- powernowd doesn't use /etc/default/powernowd anymore https://launchpad.net/bugs/67341 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
