KDE4 powerdevil profiles

[doktor5000]

Hello,

on a fresh default x86_64 installation of Mageia 1,
there only seems to be the "performance" profile in powerdevil.
Can anyone confim this?
Or is this just because i'm running with no battery?

The other question would be: Why does VLC player
turn off screen after 10 minutes? I disabled energy control for the
monitor in powerdevil and also dimming. Even disabled DPMS
with xset -dpms, but no success either.

[mikala]

Hello,

on a fresh default x86_64 installation of Mageia 1,
there only seems to be the "performance" profile in powerdevil.
Can anyone confim this?
Or is this just because i'm running with no battery?

It's probably because you're running without battery:
on my netbook i've got several profile while there's only on on my workstation.

The other question would be: Why does VLC player
turn off screen after 10 minutes? I disabled energy control for the
monitor in powerdevil and also dimming. Even disabled DPMS
with xset -dpms, but no success either.

I can't reproduce here.

[m123456]

Hi,
1. Install cpufreq cpufrequtils:

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urpmi cpufreq cpufrequtils

2. Check:

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cpufreq-info

or

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cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors

available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance

Available governors:
cpufreq_performance (default)
The performance governor is built into the kernel and runs the CPU(s) at maximum clock speed
cpufreq_ondemand (recommended)
Dynamically increases/decreases the CPU(s) clock speed based on system load
cpufreq_conservative
Similar to ondemand, but more conservative (clock speed changes are more graceful)
cpufreq_powersave
Runs the CPU at minimum speed
cpufreq_userspace
Manually configured clock speeds by user

3. You can set the sticky bit on /usr/bin/cpufreq-set, from a root console:

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chmod 4755 /usr/bin/cpufreq-set

4. From a root console:

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service cpufreq start

5. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNec8jMWQxE

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cpufreq-set -g ondemand
cpufreq-set -g powersave
...

Regards.

[doktor5000]

Something else that bugs me ist that powerdevil earlier version (like KDE 4.4x and 4.5x)
had two other "tabs" for every profile, one for the monitor and one for the processor.
What happended to these?

Will check about the cpufreq stuff, maybe then really at least Suggests on cpufreq & cpufrequtils
are missing from powerdevil / task-kde4.

About the VLC player issue: Deleted VLC and powerdevil configs, started fresh, and still the
same problem. Seem powerdevil isn't saving the disabling of monitor-energy-management.

[doktor5000]

Another question about powerdevil: Where should it store the settings for every profile
or the general settings? Only things i've found so far:

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[doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ cat .kde4/share/config/powerdevilrc
[Profiles]
ACProfile=Performance

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[doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ cat .kde4/share/config/powerdevil2profilesrc
[Performance]
icon=preferences-system-performance

[Performance][HandleButtonEvents]
lidAction=1
powerButtonAction=16

[m123456]

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$ cat ~/.kde4/share/config/powerdevil2profilesrc
[ONDEMAND]
icon=favorites
name=ONDEMAND

[ONDEMAND][BrightnessControl]
value=50

[ONDEMAND][DPMSControl]
idleTime=7200

[ONDEMAND][DimDisplay]
idleTime=3600000

[ONDEMAND][HandleButtonEvents]
lidAction=8
powerButtonAction=16

[ONDEMAND][RunScript]
idleTime=600000
scriptCommand=cpufreq-set -g ondemand
scriptPhase=0

[POWERSAVE]
icon=process-idle
name=POWERSAVE

[POWERSAVE][BrightnessControl]
value=50

[POWERSAVE][DPMSControl]
idleTime=900

[POWERSAVE][DimDisplay]
idleTime=300000

[POWERSAVE][HandleButtonEvents]
lidAction=1
powerButtonAction=16

[POWERSAVE][RunScript]
idleTime=600000
scriptCommand=cpufreq-set -g powersave
scriptPhase=0

[Performance]
icon=preferences-system-performance

[Performance][DPMSControl]
idleTime=600

[Performance][DimDisplay]
idleTime=600000

[Performance][HandleButtonEvents]
lidAction=1
powerButtonAction=16

[Performance][RunScript]
idleTime=600000
scriptCommand=cpufreq-set -g performance
scriptPhase=0

$ cat ~/.kde4/share/config/powerdevilrc
[Profiles]
ACProfile=ONDEMAND
$

[doktor5000]

WEll, how much of these settings have you entered/changed manually?
Or are these the defaults on your box?

Maybe we should compare relevant packages:

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[doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ rg power | sort
lib64powerdevilcore0-4.6.3-7.mga1
lib64upower-glib1-0.9.9-1.mga1
plasma-krunner-powerdevil-4.6.3-7.mga1
upower-0.9.9-1.mga1

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$ rg vlc | sort
lib64vlc5-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted
lib64vlccore4-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted
vlc-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted
vlc-plugin-pulse-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted
vlc-plugin-theora-1.1.9-4.mga1.tainted

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[doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ rg cpu | sort
cpufreq-1.0-35.mga1
plasma-applet-system-monitor-cpu-4.6.3-7.mga1

Also tried yesterday to remove all relevant powerdevil actions from /usr/lib64/kde4,
but vlc still switches screen to black screen after 10 minutes with a fresh config.

[m123456]

In the beginning (ISO Mageia 1 beta2 or RC dual-arch or GNOME) there was only one. I have created others.

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$ rpm -qa |grep power | sort
gnome-power-manager-2.32.0-1.mga1
lib64powerdevilcore0-4.6.3-7.mga1
lib64upower-glib1-0.9.9-1.mga1
plasma-krunner-powerdevil-4.6.3-7.mga1
upower-0.9.9-1.mga1
$ rpm -qa |grep cpu | sort
cpufreq-1.0-35.mga1
cpufrequtils-008-2.mga1
lib64cpufreq0-008-2.mga1
plasma-applet-system-monitor-cpu-4.6.3-7.mga1
$