Multiple options for powernowd settings

[Martin Meyer]

Powernowd should allow for the possibility of different modes depending on
whether you are on AC power or battery. This will allow laptops to seem faster
when plugged in, but still conserve power when on batteries. I have made the
following changes to my own init script for powernowd:

if [ "`grep off-line /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/*/state`" = "" ]; then
      OPTIONS=$OPTIONS_AC
fi

and of course i have OPTIONS and OPTIONS_AC both set in the config file.

I also had to add this to /etc/acpi/power.sh:

/etc/init.d/powernowd restart &

though there may be a better way to solve that problem or a different place to
put the command.

My default values for powernowd look like this:

OPTIONS="-q -p 1500 -m 2"
OPTIONS_AC="-q -p 1500 -m 1"

I thought the modes were especially appropriate, since mode 1 will switch the
frequency to its maximum whenver ANYTHING happens, therefore making the computer
seem faster.

[Steven Harms (sharms)]

Is the behavior present in Feisty?

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

The powernowd package is obsolete, please do not use it. CPU frequency scaling is now handled by the kernel, so if you still have issues on a modern release, file a bug against the linux package.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

This is not an appropriate way to declare a package "obsolete". If you think a package should not be used, file a bug to get it removed from the archive and *then* invalidate the bugs.

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

This package is obsolete and has been removed from the archive. Closing associated bugs.