Help does not explain how to return from fixed frequency

[Colin Marquardt]

The help does explain how to use the "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor Frequency
Selector"
(could this be worded shorter?) to *set* a certain frequency (implying a switch
to a
"manual mode"), but it does not explain how to return to the automatic selection.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks for your bug. Generally it's a scaling "monitor" - it's there for just
monitoring, not adjusting - adjusting is done by powernowd. If your system
appears to only stay in one state and you're sure scaling generally works, you
may want to file a bug for powernowd.

[Colin Marquardt (ubuntu-marquardt-home)]

Well, the "Set" capability implies that it's *not* just a monitor thing.
If one can instruct powernowd to set a fixed frequency,
one expects to also being able to unset that.

Scaling works for me, but that's not the issue.

Cheers,
  Colin

[Carthik Sharma (carthik)]

Hi,

Since I have had to figure out once as to how to be able to "set" the frequency, and keep it there, please know that the README.Debian for this package provides details regarding this.

As for returning to "auto" mode, well, you could choose one of the governors, which is how the frequency is controlled anyway. This is as much of a user preference as a problem with the app.

I am closing this bug. Please reopen this if you think it merits it. You may also want to file a bug upstream, with gnome if neccessary.

Thank you for reporting this.

[Colin Marquardt (ubuntu-marquardt-home)]

Right, this applet now has the "governors" menu, and while I think this still isn't so clear that my grandma could use it, it removes the reason for my bug (which I had forgotten about to be honest). Thanks, Colin