On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 03:46 -0700, James Warden wrote:
>
> --- On Sun, 6/12/11, Ralf Mardorf <
ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Ralf Mardorf <
ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>
> > Subject: Re: [LAU] Jack vs. Alsa, PianoTeq demo: Alsa wins!
> > To:
linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
> > Date: Sunday, June 12, 2011, 6:15 AM
> > On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 11:59 +0200,
> > Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> > > On 06/12/2011 11:44 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > > What CPU frequency scaling? Is it set to
> > performance? There's a new
> > > > nuisance for GNOME desktops on Ubuntu and Debian,
> > they ignore the
> > > > kernel's default CPU frequency scaling, they
> > switch from 'performance'
> > > > to 'ondemand' for GNOME sessions.
> > >
> > > apt-file search ondemand | grep init.d
> > > initscripts: /etc/init.d/ondemand
> > >
> > > So at least on Ubuntu the ondemand init script is part
> > of the
> > > initscripts package and has nothing to do with Gnome.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> >
> >
> > Thank you :)
> >
> > On Debian it's
> >
> > $ cat /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils
> > #!/bin/sh
> > [snip]
> > GOVERNOR="ondemand"
> > [snip]
> >
>
>
> from the same script of debian:
>
> <snip>
> if [ -f /etc/default/cpufrequtils ] ; then
> . /etc/default/cpufrequtils
> fi
>
> # if not enabled then exit gracefully
> [ "$ENABLE" = "true" ] || exit 0
>
> if [ -n "$MAX_SPEED" ] && [ $MAX_SPEED != "0" ] ; then
> CPUFREQ_OPTIONS="$CPUFREQ_OPTIONS --max $MAX_SPEED"
> fi
>
> if [ -n "$MIN_SPEED" ] && [ $MIN_SPEED != "0" ] ; then
> CPUFREQ_OPTIONS="$CPUFREQ_OPTIONS --min $MIN_SPEED"
> fi
>
> if [ -n "$GOVERNOR" ] ; then
> CPUFREQ_OPTIONS="$CPUFREQ_OPTIONS --governor $GOVERNOR"
> fi
> </snip>
>
> The debian way is to have a default config in the directory /etc/default, which cpufrequtils is sourcing if it exists (see script snippet above). So either you make one if you don't have one or get informed before calling such config scheme "idiocy". I don't want to be too hard in my critics but you seem to be a little too noisy too fast. Make sure you RTFM before posting such judgemental comments on distros.
>
> J.