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#26 2012-09-13 07:13:49

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

cfr wrote:

If you boot a live distro, do you have the same issue?

Good question, I'll try it out. But on the previous arch installation all was fine so I guess it's a new problem.


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#27 2012-09-13 21:45:34

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

Another thought: if you haven't yet tried it, try the LTS kernel. That might help either narrow the possibilities or at least eliminate some.


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#28 2012-09-14 20:37:37

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

cfr wrote:

Another thought: if you haven't yet tried it, try the LTS kernel. That might help either narrow the possibilities or at least eliminate some.

Tried linux-lts, no luck.
For some reason it doesn't even recognize and load cpufreq-ondemand!

[adriano@M735T ~]  cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0:
  no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes

Even if I loaded cpufreq-conservative and told the CPU to use it.

The folders /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq do not exist when using the lts kernel.


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#29 2012-09-14 20:45:15

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

OdinEidolon wrote:
cfr wrote:

Another thought: if you haven't yet tried it, try the LTS kernel. That might help either narrow the possibilities or at least eliminate some.

Tried linux-lts, no luck.
For some reason it doesn't even recognize and load cpufreq-ondemand!

[adriano@M735T ~]  cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0:
  no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes

Even if I loaded cpufreq-conservative and told the CPU to use it.

The folders /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq do not exist when using the lts kernel.

The cpufreq module is only loaded automatically on kernel 3.4+, with older kernels you need to load the acpi-cpufreq module manually in /etc/modules-load.d/ before you can do anything with frequency scaling.

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#30 2012-09-15 14:57:32

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

bwat47 wrote:
OdinEidolon wrote:
cfr wrote:

Another thought: if you haven't yet tried it, try the LTS kernel. That might help either narrow the possibilities or at least eliminate some.

Tried linux-lts, no luck.
For some reason it doesn't even recognize and load cpufreq-ondemand!

[adriano@M735T ~]  cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0:
  no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes

Even if I loaded cpufreq-conservative and told the CPU to use it.

The folders /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq do not exist when using the lts kernel.

The cpufreq module is only loaded automatically on kernel 3.4+, with older kernels you need to load the acpi-cpufreq module manually in /etc/modules-load.d/ before you can do anything with frequency scaling.

Thanks for the tip. I now loaded the module and the frequency is still capped at 1.6ghz on battery even with the LTS kernel.
Changing the max allowed frequency cia cpupower or manually has no effect whatsoever.


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#31 2012-09-16 08:09:18

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

Mybe I'll try some 2.6 kernel later, maybe it could help also with my extra button recognising problem.


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#32 2012-09-16 15:55:39

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

Did you get a chance to try with a live distro? That might give some indication of whether it might be some configuration or not...


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#33 2012-10-27 07:42:03

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

After latest kernel upgrade, many problems solved themselves, like some buttons not working and strange ACPI behaviour. Sadly, this issue remains.


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#34 2012-11-20 08:54:10

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd and laptop-mode-tools frequency scaling

It was there, plain and clear:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CP … limitation
Solved!

The strange thing is that this did not happen with the previous Arch installation, even though I DID NOT update the BIOS...


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