changing a laptop's speed (governor)

Colin McGregor colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jun 3 15:25:51 UTC 2009


On 6/3/09, Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>    My Thinkpad running Ubuntu 9.04 seems to almost always run at the
> slowest CPU speed. Great for battery life, I guess, but when I am
> plugged in I would much rather the performance.
>
>    Anyone have any pointers for telling a laptop to run in performance mode?

Don't know how to change this under Ubuntu. I did have an old Toshiba
laptop that would let me change the performance level easily in the
BIOS and then that would stick when I ran Debian...

Colin McGregor

> Thanks!
>
> Madi
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