CPU scaling, pysolfc and gkrellm

[tenxuts]

This is in a MATE 14.1 bare metal SSD install.

My CPU is in my sig, scaling was not set to ondemand OOTB, and I had trouble trying to get it auto ondemand every boot as opposed to manual CL throttling each session, after searching forums and trying a few things, I just gave up.

This would work but would be lost when shutdown...

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Paste the first line so sudo stores the password...
sudo cpufreq-set -c0 -g ondemand
Now paste the rest all together and hit Enter...
sudo cpufreq-set -c1 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c2 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c3 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c4 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c5 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c6 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c7 -g ondemand

Any number of things I tried would not 'stick'. It would be nice if there was a simple CL solution or a setting in the GUI, etc, I hate my CPU running full bore for no good reason, [s]it[/s] they usually idle @ 1.4GHz as opposed to 4.2GHz max turbo.

Pysolfc installs, creates an icon in the games menu but will not start, nothing, nada, not even a busy cursor, wouldn't start from Alt+F2 Run either.

Gkrellm installs but does not create a menu icon, anywhere in any menu, it will however run properly using the Alt+F2 Run dialogue.

One more, if you try to install gedit and its plugin package together in Sourcery, the install will fail, but if you just install the main gedit package alone, it installs and runs properly, this is not a big deal (to me) as I only use what is included in the standard install package anyway. Geany is really cool and all (holy features Batman), but I couldn't see a setting in Geany to save backup copies of original files when closing like gedit can/does, I love that feature, saved my skin many times. If there is such a setting in Geany, then it's all me, lol.

[gapan]

Well, none of these is actually a bug. Not with Salix anyway. Moving this to the "Problems" subforum...

This would work but would be lost when shutdown...

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Paste the first line so sudo stores the password...
sudo cpufreq-set -c0 -g ondemand
Now paste the rest all together and hit Enter...
sudo cpufreq-set -c1 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c2 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c3 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c4 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c5 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c6 -g ondemand
sudo cpufreq-set -c7 -g ondemand

Any number of things I tried would not 'stick'.

I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do it, but since you found one way you can add those lines in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local (without the sudo).

Pysolfc installs, creates an icon in the games menu but will not start, nothing, nada, not even a busy cursor, wouldn't start from Alt+F2 Run either.

You're missing some dependency. Open a terminal. Run it from there. Look at the error messages you get. If you can't figure it out, post the error message here.

Gkrellm installs but does not create a menu icon, anywhere in any menu, it will however run properly using the Alt+F2 Run dialogue.

Exactly. If you think this is a problem you should either complain to:
1. The gkrellm developers for not including a .desktop file in their source code
2. Pat Volkerding of Slackware for not adding a .desktop file in his package
Good luck with that.

One more, if you try to install gedit and its plugin package together in Sourcery, the install will fail, but if you just install the main gedit package alone, it installs and runs properly, this is not a big deal (to me) as I only use what is included in the standard install package anyway.

What is it that fails? The plugin package or gedit itself? Are you trying to install the plugin package before gedit itself? What is the error message?

Geany is really cool and all (holy features Batman), but I couldn't see a setting in Geany to save backup copies of original files when closing like gedit can/does, I love that feature, saved my skin many times. If there is such a setting in Geany, then it's all me, lol.

In Edit/Preferences/Various there is a gio_unsafe_save_backup option. I didn't try it, but it's probably what you want.

[laprjns]

Pysolfc installs, creates an icon in the games menu but will not start, nothing, nada, not even a busy cursor, wouldn't start from Alt+F2 Run either.

It needs tk.

Install it with spi:

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$ sudo spi -u
$ sudo spi -i tk

This should also install tcl

[tenxuts]

Wow gapan, are you getting fed up with your distro and this forum? I saw you get snippy with others too. Then you ban them, lol, sad.

FYI, pysolfc and gkrellm are common, everyday packages, they should install flawlessly without any stupid little glitches and headaches. So yeah, nonsense like that is usually considered a bug (or bugs). Gkrellm does supply icons, every other distro I've used/tried has no problem installing or running, just this one.

As for the gedit thing, is your English not so good? I'll try to spell it out for you in another way...if you select both gedit AND its plugin package at the same time, attempt to install them together, aka at the same time, THE INSTALL FAILS, I could care less why or what the error log says, gedit is as old as the hills, pretty sad you can't install both packages together, aka, at the same time. I guess that explains why gedit is not a binary, lol.

You've made me glad I stripped Salix off my other SSD. I'm not going to be surprised when you power trip and boot me.

FYI, my printer still doesn't work (see a thread I wrote months ago, no foomatic support), it works OOTB in 90% of distros, this distro is too much trouble and too much 'tude.

[gapan]

If you really think you're going to receive any more help after a post like that, you're mistaken.

Feel free to use all those other distros of yours.