| === falktx_ is now known as falktx2 | ||
| smartboyhw | Gee thx zequence for the testimonial:) | 13:53 |
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| smartboyhw | len-1304, consider writing me a testimonial? | 14:56 |
| len-1304 | WOW fancy new software updater. | 16:06 |
| holstein | ok.. how do we set cpu freq? | 18:17 |
| holstein | we, meaning, not me.. not with 'sudo cpufreq-set -r -g performance' | 18:18 |
| len-1304 | holstein, Not sure what you mean... the we not me thing. | 18:19 |
| len-1304 | It has to be done in root. | 18:20 |
| len-1304 | It has to be done per core | 18:20 |
| holstein | like, how can a new user, not a programmer, coming to ubuntustudio do something that needs to be done | 18:20 |
| holstein | simply | 18:20 |
| holstein | with a GUI | 18:20 |
| holstein | like we could in gnome2 | 18:20 |
| holstein | i think that is something a moderately advanced user might want | 18:21 |
| len-1304 | holstein, I think the first step is to set the default to user | 18:21 |
| holstein | len-1304: you mean, default control? | 18:21 |
| len-1304 | There are a number of cpu freq modes. There in ondemand, conservative, performance etc. | 18:22 |
| len-1304 | There is also a user mode. | 18:23 |
| len-1304 | There is a thing called xfce4-cpufreq-plugin | 18:23 |
| holstein | i install that | 18:24 |
| holstein | but it cant change anything | 18:25 |
| holstein | its a nice GUI too | 18:25 |
| len-1304 | All it can do right now with ondemand is monitor, but if set to userfreq I think it can. | 18:25 |
| len-1304 | Let me test. | 18:25 |
| holstein | len-1304: i dont understand how to set to "userfreq".. i think that is the issue im having | 18:26 |
| len-1304 | holstein, Can't even try it on this computer :P | 18:27 |
| len-1304 | It runs full speed always | 18:27 |
| len-1304 | Be back in a minute. | 18:28 |
| holstein | len-1304: no worries.. i can run th CLI command | 18:28 |
| holstein | i just think its a regression that we might be able to address | 18:28 |
| Len-nb | OK, this computer does the right stuff | 18:30 |
| Len-nb | cpufreq-info shows that the governors are: | 18:32 |
| Len-nb | conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance | 18:32 |
| Len-nb | So cpufreq-set -c 0 -g USERSPACE sets things to user space | 18:34 |
| holstein | OH.. lemme try that | 18:34 |
| Len-nb | Well it doesn't let the gui change speed. | 18:35 |
| holstein | yeah... thats what i think we need | 18:36 |
| holstein | like in gnome2 | 18:36 |
| holstein | from like ubuntu 7.10 and on | 18:36 |
| holstein | just recently regressed to a commandline only task | 18:36 |
| Len-nb | OK even as a userspace I still need sudo to change speed. | 18:38 |
| holstein | what does "userspace" do then? | 18:38 |
| Len-nb | What I did.... :) is I set up runlevel 2 as ondemend and runlevel 3 as performance | 18:38 |
| Len-nb | I have a command that can from userspace change runlevel | 18:39 |
| holstein | i used to just install an applet | 18:39 |
| holstein | i remember giving it permission | 18:39 |
| Len-nb | run level 3 is "audio clean" | 18:39 |
| holstein | thats a great idea | 18:39 |
| holstein | my studio machine hasnt been used much | 18:40 |
| Len-nb | I have an icon that gives three modes, desktop, audio, video and graphics | 18:40 |
| holstein | i had it uni-tasking | 18:40 |
| holstein | i hooked it up to my new-ish TV and now im using it more | 18:40 |
| holstein | daily even | 18:40 |
| holstein | i'll be fine setting some shorcuts on the desktop to run the modes | 18:41 |
| Len-nb | In audio mode, cron, anacrom, atd, mysql and my wifi are shut off | 18:41 |
| Len-nb | Oh and the cpu is performance | 18:41 |
| Len-nb | I can also have the same utility shut off PA-jack bridging | 18:42 |
| Len-nb | But I have found with the rest of the things I did, I don't really need to. | 18:43 |
| holstein | we shoud talk about working that into a GUI for the repos | 18:44 |
| holstein | a studio specific thing | 18:44 |
| holstein | things that we shouldnt do by default | 18:44 |
| Len-nb | I wrote it using: alltray, tk/tcl, bash and the polkit. | 18:44 |
| Len-nb | And upstart of course. | 18:45 |
| Len-nb | I would like to change the gui to python before I try releasing it, as tk doesn't play well with systray stuff | 18:46 |
| Len-nb | holstein, cadence, from falktx, looks like it will be able to do some of this. It is headed in that direction. | 18:48 |
| Len-nb | Also the controls app zequence is working on. | 18:48 |
| Len-nb | I am not sure a third app is a good thing :) | 18:48 |
| Len-nb | Still I do have a command line that works now... it does need sudo file editing to configure it to the system though. | 18:50 |
| Len-nb | holstein, The thing to remember with performance mode is that many computers are noisier because the CPU fans are on full all the time. | 18:54 |
| Len-nb | Sometimes very good performance can be had with a lower than full speed cpu that is not changing speed. | 18:54 |
| Len-nb | I found for example, I could get no xruns on this netbook running at half speed, but not with ondemand. | 18:56 |
| holstein | mine is quiet though | 19:06 |
| holstein | most of the time i have it on on demend | 19:06 |
| holstein | demand* | 19:06 |
| holstein | the studio rig | 19:06 |
| holstein | i just like to bump it up to track | 19:06 |
| Len-nb | holstein, I have a bad wireless IF. My desktop is much better. The netbook would hardly be called a "pro audio" platform. | 19:40 |
| Len-nb | However, it does show up weakness in a system | 19:40 |
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