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Romashka

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Registered: 2005-12-07

Posts: 1,054

Re: CPU temp

I didn't read the whole thread.  :oops:
But I have this setup for displaying/controlling CPU temperature:
1) cpufrequtils installed
2) MODULES=(powernow-k8 ... ) and DAEMONS=(... cpufreq ...) in rc.conf
3) computertemp package installed (CPU temp. applet for Gnome) + CPU frequency monitor from standard gnome-applets package.

I have Athlon 64 3200+ "Venice" CPU, which runs at 1.0, 1.8 or 2.0 GHz, using ondemand cpufreq governor (though Windows XP SP2 is capable of setting CPU to 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6 GHz too, I think this is a misfeature in Linux ).

Everything works like a charm.

The only bug I have in Linux but not in Windows is that MPlayer/GXine/Totem lags when switching from one CPU frequency to another, so I have to set 2.0 GHz frequency manually before watching a movie.

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