Script started, file is infos.txt [icehawk@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]$ sudo /etc/init.d/cpuspeed stop [icehawk@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]$ sudo lsmod|grep -i cpu cpufreq_ondemand 7262 0 acpi_cpufreq 6285 0 mperf 1141 1 acpi_cpufreq [icehawk@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor userspace [icehawk@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]$ sudo cpufreq-set -c 0 -u 2GHz [icehawk@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]$ sudo su [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# cpufreq-set -c 1 -u 2GHz [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu?/cpufreq/scaling_m[ia][xn]_freq 1000000 1000000 1000000 1000000 [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# cpufreq-info cpufrequtils 008: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009 Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.00 GHz available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz available cpufreq governors: ondemand, userspace, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 1000 MHz. The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1000 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.00 GHz available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz available cpufreq governors: ondemand, userspace, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 1000 MHz. The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1000 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# # not good :-( [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# # no change so far [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# # ... [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# cpufreq-set -c 1 -f 2GHz [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# cpufreq-set -c 0 -f 2GHz [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu?/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed 1000000 1000000 [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# # -.- [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# grep -i mhz /proc/cpuinfo cpu MHz : 1000.000 cpu MHz : 1000.000 [root@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]# exit exit [icehawk@icehawk-laptop linuxhome]$ exit exit Script done, file is infos.txt