Bug 236879 - cpufreq_ac_policy doesn't work well.
Summary: cpufreq_ac_policy doesn't work well.
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-power-manager
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: David Zeuthen
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-04-18 08:14 UTC by sangu
Modified: 2013-03-06 03:49 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-03-13 15:37:45 UTC
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Description sangu 2007-04-18 08:14:37 UTC
Description of problem:
Only userspace and performance works.
When select ondemand, conservative, posersave nothing in gconf-editor,
tooltip is userspace on cpufreq-applet.

Changing userspace , "Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -156897264 ns) appears
in dmesg.

$dmesg
[...]
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -156897264 ns)



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-power-manager-2.18.2-1.fc7

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. select cpufreq_ac_policy  on gconf-editor
2.
3.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:
$ dmesg | grep clock
Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 50520 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 46784
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+

$ dmesg | grep power
powernow-k8: Found 2 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ processors
(version 2.00.00)
powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0x8
powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0xa
powernow-k8:    2 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12

cpuspeed daemon stop.

hal-0.5.9-3.fc7
gnome-applets-2.18.0-7.fc7
kernel-2.6.20-1.3071.fc7

Comment 1 sangu 2007-04-18 14:39:09 UTC
When cpuspeed daemon stops, gnome-power-manager doesn't use ondemand.

Comment 2 Richard Hughes 2007-05-14 09:15:55 UTC
If you remove cpufreq applet, do you get a more predictable system?


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