[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579278] Re: Consider changing default CPU frequency scaling governor back to "performance" (Ubuntu Server)

2016-05-13 Thread Greg Mason
It looks like /etc/init.d/ondemand doesn't have any support for the performance governor at all. On systems that only have "performance" and "powersave" the only thing /etc/init.d/ondemand will do is set the governor to powersave. I'll file the appropriate bug against the initscripts package. --

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579278] Re: Consider changing default CPU frequency scaling governor back to "performance"

2016-05-06 Thread Greg Mason
Looking at the kernel CPUFreq Governors documentation[1], It looks like powersave is actually a pretty poor default value for many applications, but especially servers. I'm not sure about low-power applications like laptops, and how power usage is affected by frequency on other architectures. Per

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1567543] [NEW] package linux-image-3.13.0-85-generic 3.13.0-85.129 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2016-04-07 Thread Greg Mason
Public bug reported: This was encountered while running "do-release-upgrade" on precise, going up to trusty. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-85-generic 3.13.0-85.129 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-97.137-generic 3.2.73 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-97-generic