throwing my two cents in; i agree 100% with #23 (dan k.) -- the CPU frequency scaling control capability and applet is one of my favorite things about linux and the ubuntu/GNOME desktop environment, and i attempt to enable it on every single machine i put ubuntu onto. i have personally witnessed the big difference it can make on some desktop systems i've deployed, in terms of how hot they run, and how much power they use, especially when online 24/7..
have the applet default to 'performance' mode if 'ondemand' is too slow, sure, but don't break 'ondemand' on purpose! do you really think the majority of your userbase is too ignorant to do two mouse clicks to change the setting themselves? and if so, why do you even still list 'ondemand' as a choice, if you're just going to leave it broken? the ubuntu desktop installation doesn't even put the CPU frequency scaling applet onto the panel by default, you have to put it there yourself. doesn't it stand to reason that if you put it there yourself, you could probably also figure out which of the automatic governor settings you're OK with using? i would definitely appreciate having that choice back, and i can see there are still more people on forums asking about this. to the people who complain ondemand is too slow: put it in performance mode, leave it there, and be happy you have a choice about the matter, because right now some of us have lost our ability to choose to do otherwise, which isn't right. final point: are we trying to be more environmentally friendly, or not? anything that reduces excess heat and power usage is good, in my opinion. ;-) -- cannot change governor from command line https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432706 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
