Bug 3832

Summary: include cpufreq package on release DVD
Product: Mageia Reporter: Martin Whitaker <mageia>
Component: Release (media or process)Assignee: Anne Nicolas <ennael1>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Normal CC: marja11, sysadmin-bugs, tmb
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Description Martin Whitaker 2011-12-20 21:25:41 CET
When doing a trial install from the Mageia 2 alpha 2 DVD, I found the cpufreq package is not included on the DVD. This means that the CPU governors are set to "performance", which is obviously not a good choice for a notebook.
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-12-20 22:30:23 CET
in the summary I see "An initscript to set CPU frequency settings", as we will systemd not sure it will help you (or the package sumarry is wrong :) )
Comment 2 Martin Whitaker 2011-12-20 23:23:50 CET
It seems to work...even after a reboot.
Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2011-12-21 10:44:18 CET
ok thanks, I will open another one for the summary/description

Assignee: bugsquad => ennael1

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2012-02-11 14:14:04 CET
@ tmb

Is it correct that newer kernels have a cpufreq functionality built-in, so that this package isn't needed anymore?

CC: (none) => marja11, tmb

Comment 5 Martin Whitaker 2012-02-11 15:02:56 CET
The cpufreq functionality is built into the kernel, but the default setting is "performance". IIUC, all the cpufreq package does is install the necessary startup files/scripts to allow a different default setting to be applied on boot up. When this package is installed, the default setting becomes "ondemand", which is much more sensible for a notebook (and indeed, is what I use on my desktop PC as well).

I would like to see this package included in the base install, or alternatively the kernel configuration changed to make "ondemand" the default. This would lead to a better user experience for the non-technical users, who just want things to work straight out of the box.
Comment 6 Thomas Backlund 2012-02-14 18:02:42 CET
kernel wont have "ondemand" as default as it's known to behave badly during install and also running livecds
Comment 7 Martin Whitaker 2012-03-26 21:50:22 CEST
With the beta 2 DVD, cpufreq is installed and activated automatically, so marking this bug as fixed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED