[05:37] <spanky_> Hello. Anyone else have trouble with CPU Freq. Scalling?
[05:38] <spanky_> processor       : 0
[05:38] <spanky_> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
[05:38] <spanky_> cpu family      : 6
[05:38] <spanky_> model           : 9
[05:38] <spanky_> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz
[05:38] <spanky_> stepping        : 5
[05:38] <spanky_> cpu MHz         : 598.596
[05:38] <spanky_> cache size      : 1024 KB
[05:38] <jldugger> spanky_, might check the wiki first and see if anyone else has your model
[05:38] <spanky_> fdiv_bug        : no
[05:38] <spanky_> hlt_bug         : no
[05:38] <spanky_> f00f_bug        : no
[05:38] <spanky_> coma_bug        : no
[05:38] <spanky_> fpu             : yes
[05:38] <spanky_> fpu_exception   : yes
[05:38] <spanky_> cpuid level     : 2
[05:38] <spanky_> wp              : yes
[05:38] <spanky_> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
[05:38] <spanky_> bogomips        : 1198.31
[05:38] <spanky_> this is straight out of the box. I wasn't able to find anything online. regarding this. Toshiba satellite
[05:39] <jldugger> S300?
[05:39] <jldugger> what model number?
[05:40] <spanky_> M30
[05:42] <jldugger> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ToshibaSatelliteM30X-162?highlight=%28toshiba%29%7C%28satellite%29
[05:42] <jldugger> guess that one isnt very informative
[05:43] <jldugger> ok, so does lsmod report any cpufreq drivers?
[05:43] <spanky_> no known bugs
[05:44] <spanky_> not that I see but not really sure what to look for 
[05:45] <spanky_> Module                  Size  Used by
[05:45] <spanky_> sbp2                   24196  0
[05:45] <spanky_> uhci_hcd               33808  0
[05:45] <spanky_> ohci1394               35124  0
[05:45] <spanky_> ipw2200               107308  0
[05:45] <spanky_> smbfs                  66552  1
[05:45] <spanky_> nls_cp437               5888  1
[05:45] <jldugger> try lsmod | grep cpufreq
[05:45] <spanky_> isofs                  37688  1
[05:45] <spanky_> udf                    88580  0
[05:45] <spanky_> binfmt_misc            12296  1
[05:45] <jldugger> dont put the whole damn thing in the channel
[05:45] <spanky_> speedstep_lib           4484  0
[05:45] <spanky_> freq_table              4740  0
[05:45] <spanky_> rfcomm                 40216  0
[05:45] <spanky_> l2cap                  26244  5 rfcomm
[05:45] <spanky_> bluetooth              50020  4 rfcomm,l2cap
[05:45] <spanky_> ppdev                   9220  0
[05:45] <spanky_> video                  16260  0
[05:45] <spanky_> toshiba_acpi           10940  0
[05:45] <spanky_> tc1100_wmi              6916  0
[05:45] <jldugger> speedstyep and freq_table are big clues that yes, it's there
[05:45] <spanky_> sony_acpi               5644  0
[05:45] <spanky_> pcc_acpi               12416  0
[05:45] <spanky_> hotkey                 11556  0
[05:45] <spanky_> dev_acpi               11140  0
[05:46] <spanky_> container               4608  0
[05:46] <spanky_> button                  6672  0
[05:46] <spanky_> acpi_sbs               19980  0
[05:46] <spanky_> battery                 9988  1 acpi_sbs
[05:46] <spanky_> ac                      5252  1 acpi_sbs
[05:46] <spanky_> i2c_acpi_ec             5120  1 acpi_sbs
[05:46] <spanky_> nls_utf8                2176  1
[05:46] <spanky_> ntfs                  103536  1
[05:46] <spanky_> ipv6                  265728  12
[05:46] <spanky_> dm_mod                 58936  1
[05:46] <spanky_> md_mod                 72532  0
[05:46] <spanky_> sr_mod                 16932  0
[05:46] <spanky_> af_packet              22920  4
[05:46] <spanky_> scsi_mod              139496  2 sbp2,sr_mod
[05:46] <spanky_> parport_pc             35780  0
[05:46] <spanky_> lp                     11844  0
[05:46] <spanky_> parport                36296  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
[05:46] <spanky_> pcmcia                 40508  0
[05:46] <spanky_> joydev                 10048  0
[05:46] <spanky_> tsdev                   8000  0
[05:46] <spanky_> yenta_socket           28428  1
[05:46] <spanky_> e100                   40580  0
[05:46] <spanky_> rsrc_nonstatic         13440  1 yenta_socket
[05:46] <spanky_> pcmcia_core            42640  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
[05:46] <spanky_> mii                     5888  1 e100
[05:46] <spanky_> ieee80211              37064  1 ipw2200
[05:46] <spanky_> ieee80211_crypt         6272  1 ieee80211
[05:46] <spanky_> ieee80211_1_1_13       38216  0
[05:47] <spanky_> ieee80211_1_1_13_crypt     6784  1 ieee80211_1_1_13
[05:47] <spanky_> rtc                    13492  0
[05:47] <spanky_> psmouse                36100  0
[05:47] <spanky_> serio_raw               7300  0
[05:47] <spanky_> pcspkr                  2180  0
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_intel8x0           33692  3
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_ac97_codec         93216  1 snd_intel8x0
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_ac97_bus            2304  1 snd_ac97_codec
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_pcm_oss            53664  0
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_mixer_oss          18688  1 snd_pcm_oss
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_pcm                89864  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_timer              25220  2 snd_pcm
[05:47] <spanky_> nvidia               4550772  0
[05:47] <spanky_> snd                    55268  10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
[05:47] <spanky_> intel_agp              22940  1
[05:47] <spanky_> soundcore              10208  1 snd
[05:47] <spanky_> snd_page_alloc         10632  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
[05:47] <spanky_> i2c_core               21904  2 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia
[05:47] <spanky_> agpgart                34888  2 nvidia,intel_agp
[05:47] <spanky_> shpchp                 45632  0
[05:47] <spanky_> pci_hotplug            29236  1 shpchp
[05:47] <spanky_> evdev                   9856  2
[05:47] <spanky_> ext3                  135816  1
[05:47] <spanky_> jbd                    58772  1 ext3
[05:47] <spanky_> ide_generic             1536  0
[05:47] <spanky_> ieee1394              299832  2 sbp2,ohci1394
[05:47] <spanky_> ehci_hcd               34184  0
[05:48] <spanky_> usbcore               130820  3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
[05:48] <spanky_> ide_cd                 33028  1
[05:48] <spanky_> cdrom                  38560  2 sr_mod,ide_cd
[05:48] <spanky_> ide_disk               17664  4
[05:48] <spanky_> piix                   11012  1
[05:48] <spanky_> generic                 5124  0
[05:48] <spanky_> thermal                13576  0
[05:48] <spanky_> processor              23360  1 thermal
[05:48] <jldugger> evey line this puts out makes me less enthusastic to help you
[05:48] <spanky_> fan                     4868  0
[05:48] <spanky_> capability              5000  0
[05:48] <spanky_> commoncap               7296  1 capability
[05:48] <spanky_> vga16fb                13704  1
[05:48] <spanky_> vgastate               10368  1 vga16fb
[05:48] <spanky_> fbcon                  42784  72
[05:48] <spanky_> tileblit                2816  1 fbcon
[05:48] <spanky_> font                    8320  1 fbcon
[05:48] <spanky_> bitblit                 6272  1 fbcon
[05:48] <spanky_> softcursor              2304  1 bitblit
[05:48] <spanky_> sorry
[05:48] <spanky_> no cpufreq
[05:48] <jldugger> you've got speedstep though
[05:49] <jldugger> ps aux | grep cpufreq
[05:49] <jldugger> ps aux | grep powernowd
[05:53] <spanky_> only a cpufreq applet
[05:54] <jldugger> your install was Ubuntu 6.06 LTS?
[05:54] <spanky_> yes
[05:54] <jldugger> or edgy knot 3?
[05:54] <jldugger> sudo apt-get install powernowd; hopefully its already installed
[05:54] <spanky_> never even heard of edgy knot3
[05:54] <jldugger> edgy is the next version in development
[05:56] <spanky_> no It's the last stable release I have installed....and installing powernowd app now
[05:56] <jldugger> im curious how you managed to get ubuntu-desktop without powernowd
[05:57] <spanky_> it says cpufrequency scaling not supported when the daemon started.
[05:58] <jldugger> ah.
[05:58] <jldugger> powernowd supports anything that uses the cpufreq driver
[05:58] <jldugger> maybe you need cpufreqd
[05:59] <jldugger> that doesnt sound better though =/
[05:59] <spanky_> No cpufreq interface found, not starting cpufreqd.
[06:00] <jldugger> well, maybe try putting in the cpufreq drivers
[06:00] <jldugger> modprobe cpufreq
[06:00] <spanky_> it's weird cause it's hot too. Hotter than I would expect especially with the reduced cpu output. It's running at 52 right now and has been up to 60C. That's what originally got me looking into the power and cpu settings
[06:01] <jldugger> i imagine its hot because either the fan is off or the cpu is running at top speed
[06:02] <spanky_> fan doesn't kick in that' I've noticed. Or it's super quiet.
[06:02] <jldugger> did you put in any kernel boot options like noacpi?
[06:03] <spanky_> should still be visible in grub boot options? not that I remember but I chose mostly defaults on install
[06:04] <jldugger> yea, menu.lst would be a good place to double check
[06:05] <spanky_> only ro quiet splash
[06:06] <jldugger> try "sudo modprobe cpufreq_userspace"
[06:07] <spanky_> ran with no output $?=0
[06:07] <jldugger> now try to run powernowd
[06:08] <jldugger> /etc/init.d/powernowd restart
[06:08] <spanky_> daemon started that time
[06:09] <jldugger> you have the cpufreq applet going?
[06:10] <spanky_> yes but they seem to be non responsive now. right click on the temp and cpu applet in the panel and no responce
[06:11] <jldugger> yea, probably should have killed them before the modprobe
[06:11] <jldugger> well, just kill em off now
[06:11] <spanky_> looking now
[06:12] <jldugger> then readd em and see what the speed is reporting
[06:12] <jldugger> re-add
[06:13] <spanky_> will /proc/cpuinfo report the same?
[06:13] <jldugger> no
[06:13] <jldugger> that appears to be calculated at startup
[06:14] <jldugger> at which point a) you cant have scale it down and b) you wouldn't want to anyways
[06:14] <spanky_> on applet launch "CPU frequency scaling unsuported. you will not be able to modify...your machine may be misconfigured or not have hardware support for frequency scaling
[06:17] <jldugger> im really not an expert at this stuff. i just got in a toshiba of my own two weeks ago
[06:19] <spanky_> temp has dropped a bit lately but the load is light on it right now
[06:19] <jldugger> you can also load in the module cpufreq_conservative
[06:19] <spanky_> what's that?
[06:20] <jldugger> its another governor
[06:21] <jldugger> userspace lets a userspace program decide what the power should be, where it can consider things like how long its been since the last switch, how busy the system is, what the other processors (should you have smp) are doing, etc
[06:21] <jldugger> conservative just drops to lowest
[06:21] <spanky_> ok cool
[06:22] <jldugger> but you need to set cpufreq to use it
[06:22] <jldugger> i thought the interface was somewhere in /proc
[06:27] <spanky_> hmm
[06:35] <jldugger> cant find anything in /proc/ =( try "cpufreq-selector conservative"
[06:36] <spanky_> no cpufreq support
[06:38] <jldugger> at this point, i suggest filing a bug on launchpa
[06:38] <jldugger> launchpad
[06:39] <spanky_> ok. Thanks for the help.
[06:39] <spanky_> still working out some of the finer points of system config
[06:40] <jldugger> yea, it can be interesting some times ;)
[06:40] <jldugger> ive got a tecra m7 tablet. it almost works
[06:41] <spanky_> almost works out of the box or after some work?
[06:42] <jldugger> had to install wacom-tools
[06:42] <jldugger> then it worked
[06:42] <jldugger> almost
[06:42] <jldugger> there's a few interesting problems though
[06:42] <spanky_> you on the dev team?
[06:42] <jldugger> GNOME doesnt seem to recognize right click
[06:43] <jldugger> and if you convert the laptop to tablet mode, the input is broken.
[06:43] <spanky_> what if you use a usb mouse still has problems?
[06:43] <jldugger> the mouse works fine
[06:43] <jldugger> its the tablet part
[06:43] <spanky_> and probably no OCR
[06:43] <jldugger> yea
[06:44] <jldugger> there's also a thumbprint scanner
[06:44] <jldugger> i'll need to dig into that some more as well.
[06:44] <spanky_> any support for the thumb reader?
[06:44] <jldugger> im not on a dev "team" at the moment
[06:44] <jldugger> apparently some think pads use a fingerprint scanner
[06:44] <jldugger> from the same company: UPEK
[06:44] <spanky_> ya good luck getting drives though
[06:44] <jldugger> and they work in linux with some work
[06:45] <jldugger> but they're not common enough
[06:45] <jldugger> its really slick though. you set it up in pam, and whenever it would for a password, can swipe your thumb
[06:45] <jldugger> sudo apt-get install new-toy
[06:46] <jldugger> <thumb swipe>
[06:48] <spanky_> alright well thanks for the help. I'm off to bed it's getting late here