systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair

Posted Jun 16, 2011 14:35 UTC (Thu) by patrick_g (subscriber, #44470)
In reply to: systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair by me@jasonclinton.com
Parent article: Fedora, systemd, and changes

> gnome3 removes the alternative
>>[citation needed]

With Gnome3 how can I install the CPU-freq applet ?
The fan of my old laptop is broken and for me it's critical to be able to change the frequency of my CPU in case of hot temperature.
With Gnome2.x it was just a "right-click and choose the applet" but with Gnome3 I fail to see how I can add this applet.

systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair

Posted Jun 16, 2011 14:51 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link] (4 responses)

Try setting /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/passive instead.

systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair

Posted Jun 17, 2011 0:35 UTC (Fri) by baldridgeec (guest, #55283) [Link] (1 responses)

Oh, this /sys entry is new to me - does it govern the temperature well enough that I can turn off my "userspace goverened" 1.8 GHz CPU limit?

systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair

Posted Jun 17, 2011 0:50 UTC (Fri) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

Should do. It'll mean that you can run at full speed up until you get too hot, at which point the kernel will automatically throttle you back until the temperature stabilises.

systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair

Posted Jun 19, 2011 18:49 UTC (Sun) by nicooo (guest, #69134) [Link] (1 responses)

I'm not seeing that file (I'm running 2.6.39). Does it need to be created?

systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair

Posted Jun 19, 2011 20:56 UTC (Sun) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

It'll only exist if your firmware doesn't provide its own passive trip point. If it does, we should already be handling overheat (assuming that the trip point provided by your firmware isn't above your system's critical shutdown threshold, which is obviously possible)

systemd comparison with GNOME 3 is slightly unfair

Posted Jun 16, 2011 14:53 UTC (Thu) by me@jasonclinton.com (subscriber, #52701) [Link]

Fallback Mode still has panel applets and it's part of GNOME 3.