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From: <mac...@in...> - 2011-12-10 14:20:56
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Hi to all. Is the project still alive?I'm not able to install it anyway in Kubuntu 11.10 I downloaded it from http://powertweak.sourceforge.net/but, after executing ./config, I get errors while executing "make". Any suggestion, please?Thanks make Making all in src make[1]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src" Making all in include make[2]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/include" make[2]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/include" Making all in libpowertweak make[2]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/libpowertweak" make[2]: Nessuna operazione da eseguire per "all". make[2]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/libpowertweak" Making all in backends make[2]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends" Making all in core make[3]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/core" Making all in PCILIB make[4]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/core/PCILIB" make[4]: Nessuna operazione da eseguire per "all". make[4]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/core/PCILIB" make[4]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/core" make[4]: Nessuna operazione da eseguire per "all-am". make[4]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/core" make[3]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/core" Making all in proc make[3]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/proc" Making all in misc make[4]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/proc/misc" make[4]: Nessuna operazione da eseguire per "all". make[4]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/proc/misc" make[4]: ingresso nella directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/proc" /bin/bash ../../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../src/include -Wall -W -O2 -g -Wall -W -fno-common -I/usr/include/libxml2 -DPT_DATADIR=\"/usr/local/share/powertweak\" -I/usr/include/libxml2/libxml -c xml.c rm -f .libs/xml.lo gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../src/include -Wall -W -O2 -g -Wall -W -fno-common -I/usr/include/libxml2 -DPT_DATADIR=\"/usr/local/share/powertweak\" -I/usr/include/libxml2/libxml -c xml.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/xml.lo xml.c:29:14: error: conflicting types for 'strndup' make[4]: *** [xml.lo] Errore 1 make[4]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/proc" make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1 make[3]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends/proc" make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1 make[2]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src/backends" make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1 make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/home/imma/Scaricati/HW_TEST/powertweak-0.99.5/src" make: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1 |
From: Sven D. <Sve...@ho...> - 2010-04-29 21:52:37
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Hello Pierdamiano, Its been a very long time since anyone did any work on powertweak - and in my case, I don't have access to any interesting hardware (like that) - so I don't really know. Dave doesn't work for suse anymore - he moved to Redhat quite a while ago, so I don't know if that email address works - I've replaced it in this email with the one from his personal web site http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/ if you'd like to loan me a box for a few years (ok, yes, i'm not serious - I'm in Brisbane, Australia), I'll write some code to hack your BIOS ;) Sven ________________________________________ Professional Wiki Innovation and Support Enterprise Support Contracts for Foswiki Sven Dowideit http://fosiki.com Pierdamiano Venti wrote: > Hi, > > I'm interested in knowing if by using PowerTweak I can be able to change > the BIOS settings for the AMD Shanghai Coherent Links speed? > > The cc-Links are those connecting the CPUs in a given topology so that > the Cache-Coherent snooping traffic is allowed to flow at the right speed. > > The ability to increase the HT link speed in a 8 socket AMD server is > directly going to affect the overall system bandwidth. > > I'm not ware of how well HP has written their BIOS code and therefore I > don't know if the present BIOS will automatically adjust the link speeds > to sustain the 4.2MT/s supported by the Shanghai CPU. > > Any help from your side will be appreciated. > > Thanks and Best Regards > > Pierdamiano > Lugano - Switzerland > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Powertweak-linux mailing list > Pow...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/powertweak-linux |
From: Pierdamiano V. <pv...@me...> - 2010-04-29 09:34:02
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Hi, I'm interested in knowing if by using PowerTweak I can be able to change the BIOS settings for the AMD Shanghai Coherent Links speed? The cc-Links are those connecting the CPUs in a given topology so that the Cache-Coherent snooping traffic is allowed to flow at the right speed. The ability to increase the HT link speed in a 8 socket AMD server is directly going to affect the overall system bandwidth. I'm not ware of how well HP has written their BIOS code and therefore I don't know if the present BIOS will automatically adjust the link speeds to sustain the 4.2MT/s supported by the Shanghai CPU. Any help from your side will be appreciated. Thanks and Best Regards Pierdamiano Lugano - Switzerland |
From: Sven D. <Sve...@ho...> - 2009-05-07 11:48:14
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Hello everyone (or is it just me :)) I just started to play a little with the codebase - initially I've updated to use the latest automake autoconf tools on debian, and am wondering if anyone is interested in any functionality in particular? 1. updating the settings to 2.6 (its only 6 years out of date :)) 2. and playing with a more modern UI will be useful 3. back in 2003 I wanted to make something like powertop - so i'd like to integrate that into the client server UI - anything more specific? Sven don't worry if no-one cares, we just had twins (37 days old) so I'm not going to stress |
From: <whi...@ju...> - 2007-08-28 05:20:06
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I'm new to both Linux and Powertweak. How does this program work? When I= look at all the settings it displays, does it automatically optimize th= em or am I supposed to adjust them myself? Thanks. ________________________________________________________________________= Surprise your friends with a FREE Juno Video Mail! Sign up today. http://track.juno.com/s/lc?u=3Dhttp://ads.addynamix.com/click/2-2130421-= 177 |
From: Harold N. <phn...@ve...> - 2007-04-04 13:28:43
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Hi, I recently upgraded my computer system and have attempted to put powertweak on this new system. When I run the daemon, it seems to run ok (no errors), but when I attempt to run gpowertweak it gives me this error: Error creating socket to : /var/run/powertweakd Connection refused Segmentation fault I'm running Scientific linux version 4.4 and have upgraded the kernel to 2.6.20.4 on a Tyan S2927 motherboard with 1 Opteron64 nodel 2214 and 2 gigs of ddr2 667 memory. Is something not set up in the kernel or is there something else wrong. Thanks Harold |
From: Dave <n4...@be...> - 2005-03-17 21:01:18
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Hi All The group seems sort of slow, so I don't know whether to expect an answer or not. My problem is this....I have installed Powertweak and ensured the XML files are there, but I can't find a shell script for either powertweak or gpowertweak. When I try to run either I get "command not found". I have done a file search to verify that they are indeed not there. So, what now? Dave |
From: Dennis V. <dv...@wo...> - 2004-08-15 15:01:06
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After much twidlin' got this to work, at least it appears to. Here is what I did; 1. Used the source tarball. Tried using the cvs version but autogen.sh could not find any of the Makefile.in. Couldn't figure that one out. Anyway. The first problem with the source tarball was a failure with the mtrr.c. So I copied the mtrr.c from the cvs build. Got past that error. 2. The next failure was at the Elevator (intVal). Copied the elevator.h and elevatortweaks.c from cvs to the source tarball directory. Edited the elevatortweaks.c and and changed all instances of "tweak->MinValue.intVal" to "tweak->MinValue". From that point on it compiled and installed successfully. The progam launches and appears to show all that it is supposed to, I can change various settings and Apply/save them. It's not perfect but at least it does run and saves the changes. An example is tcp_fin_timeout, I set it to 1800, click apply or save and the value changes to 500. I realize this is no doubt due to my crude hack. Anyway thought this would be of interest. |
From: Paul M. <pau...@op...> - 2004-04-26 06:27:38
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I'm trying to compile PowerTweaks 0.99.5 under mandrake 10.0. I expect some problems since I don't think it's been ported yet? The last error I got was gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../src/include -Wall -W -O2 -g -Wall -W -fno-common -pedantic -c elevatortweaks.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/elevatortweaks.lo elevatortweaks.c: In function `Elevator_get_value_raw': elevatortweaks.c:62: error: parse error before '[' token elevatortweaks.c: In function `Elevator_change_value': elevatortweaks.c:107: error: parse error before '[' token elevatortweaks.c:126: error: parse error before '[' token elevatortweaks.c: In function `AddTo_Elevator_tree': elevatortweaks.c:164: error: parse error before '[' token make[3]: *** [elevatortweaks.lo] Error 1 I suspect the the following structure in elevator.h is wrong somehow. /* this has to match with the kernel structure */ /* current version for ac19 and 2.2.16 */ typedef struct blkelv_ioctl_arg_s { int queue_ID; int read_latency; int write_latency; int max_bomb_segments; } blkelv_ioctl_arg_t; Any ideas? -- Regards, Paul Merrill Mobile: 0403 753 553 |
From: David G. <dav...@jo...> - 2004-04-02 05:37:16
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Hi, Please excuse an ignoorant and selfish question from a newbie. I have a Powerleap PL-ip3/T adapter board and Tualatin Celeron 1.4GHz cpu on what I was wrongly advised was a compatible motherboard: a Microstar MS6120 with the latest extant BIOS AMIBIOS v2.0 (which is likely never to be updated more). As AMIBIOSes are apparently prone to do when they do not recognise a cpu it turns off the L2 cache which severely hamstrings the cpu thereafter making the PC unusable whatever the O/S. It may be possible that the Windows version 3 of Powertweak when released will recognise the Celeron Tualatin 1.4GHz cpu and enable me to automatically reactivate the L2 cache before Windows starts, hopefully resolving my speed problem. My query/request is whether Powertweak-Linux is eventually going to be able to make up for the deficiencies in my BIOS by tweaking the L2 cache back on before the OS is initiated? I ask this because I do want to be able to take the plunge and run Linux on my PC (as well as the inescapable Windows) having used Unix at work for many years. Unfortunately up to now there has always been something or other vital in my PC that has not been supported which has prevented me really getting to grips. I understand there is a LinuxBIOS project but they do not appear to have been successful in tweaking L2 cache back on for unrecognised Celerons on the Powerleap adapter and an MS6120 board. (This must sound extremely parochial and myopic! Sorry!) DavidGray |
From: Yukihiro N. <yn...@re...> - 2004-02-11 12:06:44
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Hello, Powertweak has GTK gui is not i18ned, so non-English people are not happy with it. % patch -p1 < powertweak-0.99.6-i18n.patch % glib-gettextize -f -c % aclocal-1.4 % autoheader % automake-1.4 -a -c % autoconf % ./configure --prefix=/usr % gmake With those steps, it works fine on my Fedora Core 2 test1. Thank you. -- Yukihiro Nakai |
From: <man...@t-...> - 2003-08-08 23:37:15
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On 08/09/03 00:20, Sven Dowideit wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 09:36, Manuel Krause wrote: > >>good: >>* The cpu tweaks tab is back !!! >>* the previously reported gtk errors seem to be gone > > grin (they'll be back) > >>bad: >>* When running without the daemon in gpowertweak most/all? config >>options get passive (unchangeable) and get greyed out as the >>informational items do, too. > > yeah, that'll take some more investigation, the internal structure does > not work the way i expected in standalone > >> >>And still: >>3: tweak vm/bdflush:1 doesn't have a description. >>3: tweak vm/bdflush:2 doesn't have a description. >>3: tweak vm/bdflush:3 doesn't have a description. >>3: tweak vm/bdflush:4 doesn't have a description. >>3: tweak vm/bdflush:6 doesn't have a description. >>3: tweak vm/bdflush:7 doesn't have a description. > > these don't really matter, and happen any time the description field is > empty or missing in the xml files > >>BTW, was it intended to turn off the text configurator? Somehow it >>doesn't get compiled though the code seems to be there and I didn't find >>a ./configure switch for it. > > that depends on whether you mean lspowertweak in the client dir (which > should work) or the other one (that can't because the code does not > build under current gcc's, and the tvision code is very broken). Yes I meant the other one. This tvision based thing (that was still in 0.99.4). > does this mean that you used the text mode configuration tool before? Not usually. I kept to have a look at it when it was still there. I only wanted to know what happened to it. Manuel |
From: Sven D. <sv...@oz...> - 2003-08-08 12:48:26
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On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 09:36, Manuel Krause wrote: > good: > * The cpu tweaks tab is back !!! > * the previously reported gtk errors seem to be gone grin (they'll be back) >=20 > bad: > * When running without the daemon in gpowertweak most/all? config=20 > options get passive (unchangeable) and get greyed out as the=20 > informational items do, too. yeah, that'll take some more investigation, the internal structure does not work the way i expected in standalone >=20 >=20 > And still: > 3: tweak vm/bdflush:1 doesn't have a description. > 3: tweak vm/bdflush:2 doesn't have a description. > 3: tweak vm/bdflush:3 doesn't have a description. > 3: tweak vm/bdflush:4 doesn't have a description. > 3: tweak vm/bdflush:6 doesn't have a description. > 3: tweak vm/bdflush:7 doesn't have a description. these don't really matter, and happen any time the description field is empty or missing in the xml files >=20 > BTW, was it intended to turn off the text configurator? Somehow it=20 > doesn't get compiled though the code seems to be there and I didn't find=20 > a ./configure switch for it. that depends on whether you mean lspowertweak in the client dir (which should work) or the other one (that can't because the code does not build under current gcc's, and the tvision code is very broken). does this mean that you used the text mode configuration tool before? sven |
From: <man...@t-...> - 2003-08-07 23:34:12
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On 08/07/03 12:32, Sven Dowideit wrote: > grrrr indeed :() > > i htink that the old automake line is the important one. i have only > used automake 1.4 on powertweak as the config files are from years ago > (and i haven't looked at that..) > > unfortuanatly my computer died running 2.6-test2 and has taken my ext3 > partition with it, so i am broken at the mo.. and the flu i'm comming > down with is causing braindeath :( > > if you can force you computer to use automake 1.4 it might work.... > > or... > > (i _am_ a hacker :() eeeek) > > copy a clean cvs shadow over a clean untar of the last release source, > and build... it'll have the wrong build numbers ?i think? but should > work, as i have only changed some file contents... > > sven > > Manuel said earlier: > >>Grrmmmpfff. What did I do wrong? (powertweak 0.99.5 and .4 do compile >>fine with my setup) >> >> >>Please tell me, >> >>I want to test the new version !!! (But don't have the time to dig in >>that further on my own for today) >> >> >>Manuel Hi Sven, I did it. I went the second way and it was easier than I thought. (Yes, build numbers stay at 0.99.5 then.) good: * The cpu tweaks tab is back !!! * the previously reported gtk errors seem to be gone bad: * When running without the daemon in gpowertweak most/all? config options get passive (unchangeable) and get greyed out as the informational items do, too. And still: 3: tweak vm/bdflush:1 doesn't have a description. 3: tweak vm/bdflush:2 doesn't have a description. 3: tweak vm/bdflush:3 doesn't have a description. 3: tweak vm/bdflush:4 doesn't have a description. 3: tweak vm/bdflush:6 doesn't have a description. 3: tweak vm/bdflush:7 doesn't have a description. BTW, was it intended to turn off the text configurator? Somehow it doesn't get compiled though the code seems to be there and I didn't find a ./configure switch for it. But so far, a much better experience! Best regards, Manuel |
From: Sven D. <sv...@oz...> - 2003-08-07 10:58:29
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grrrr indeed :() i htink that the old automake line is the important one. i have only used automake 1.4 on powertweak as the config files are from years ago (and i haven't looked at that..) unfortuanatly my computer died running 2.6-test2 and has taken my ext3 partition with it, so i am broken at the mo.. and the flu i'm comming down with is causing braindeath :( if you can force you computer to use automake 1.4 it might work.... or... (i _am_ a hacker :() eeeek) copy a clean cvs shadow over a clean untar of the last release source, and build... it'll have the wrong build numbers ?i think? but should work, as i have only changed some file contents... sven Manuel said earlier: > > Grrmmmpfff. What did I do wrong? (powertweak 0.99.5 and .4 do compile > fine with my setup) > > > Please tell me, > > I want to test the new version !!! (But don't have the time to dig in > that further on my own for today) > > > Manuel > |
From: <man...@t-...> - 2003-08-07 07:34:42
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On 08/06/03 14:25, Sven Dowideit wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:21, Manuel Krause wrote: > >>P.S.: Is there something new in CVS that's worth trying out? > > > oh my god. that was horrible... > > To get the MSR code working i had to fix a few crashes that turned up > once i got the plugin loading, and then there was some major wrongness > in the xml file parsing code. I have it working on my 2 PIII's, and the > VIA Nehemia correctly reports that there's no xml file for it. > > please, can a few people do a cvs checkout and test that the CPU Tweaks > works on their machines (at least as well as on 0.99.4) > > cheers > > Sven Mmmh... Somehow I don't get that far (though I've truely checked out powertweak from CVS last year... and compiled many of the pre-pres.) The command row (from http://powertweak.sourceforge.net/cvs.html) gives me: firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS # cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/powertweak login Logging in to :pserver:ano...@cv...:2401/cvsroot/powertweak CVS password: firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS # cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/powertweak checkout -PAd powertweak cvs [checkout aborted]: must specify at least one module or directory At least: firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS # cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/powertweak checkout powertweak downloads something for me. Hey, that needs to be fixed or cleared someway, in my opinion. My cvs version: firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS # cvs --version Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.1p1 (client/server) [snip] Then, going further with the instructions in the actual README: firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak # ./configure --prefix=/usr bash: ./configure: No such file or directory O.K., I remember something needed for these CVS things that don't mention it... (!!! hell !!!)): firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak # ./autogen.sh --help Setting up Powertweak for SuSE. cp: omitting directory `distro/SuSE/CVS' WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot' WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in' WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged. WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without WARNING: `acconfig.h': WARNING: AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1, WARNING: [Define if a function `main' is needed.]) WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the WARNING: documentation. configure.in:6: your implementation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from an configure.in:6: old Automake version. You should recreate aclocal.m4 configure.in:6: with aclocal and run automake again. [configure a while... until ready:] firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak # ./configure --prefix=/usr [configures a while and does all I want and know... until:] powertweak 0.99.6 Configuration: -------------- XML libs: -L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -lpthread -lm XML cflags: -I/usr/include/libxml2 CFLAGS: -O2 -g -Wall -W -Werror -fno-common CPPFLAGS: -Wall -W Mouse-enabled: yes O.K. firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak # make Making all in src make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak/src' Making all in include make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak/src/include' cd ../.. && /bin/sh ./config.status src/include/config.h config.status: creating src/include/config.h config.status: src/include/config.h is unchanged make all-am make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak/src/include' cd ../.. && /bin/sh ./config.status src/include/config.h config.status: creating src/include/config.h config.status: src/include/config.h is unchanged make[3]: *** No rule to make target `stamp-h.in', needed by `all-am'. Stop. make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak/src/include' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak/src/include' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak/src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 firehead:/tmp/powertweak-CVS/powertweak # ??? Grrmmmpfff. What did I do wrong? (powertweak 0.99.5 and .4 do compile fine with my setup) Please tell me, I want to test the new version !!! (But don't have the time to dig in that further on my own for today) Manuel |
From: Sven D. <sv...@oz...> - 2003-08-06 12:52:47
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On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:21, Manuel Krause wrote: > P.S.: Is there something new in CVS that's worth trying out? oh my god. that was horrible... To get the MSR code working i had to fix a few crashes that turned up once i got the plugin loading, and then there was some major wrongness in the xml file parsing code. I have it working on my 2 PIII's, and the VIA Nehemia correctly reports that there's no xml file for it. please, can a few people do a cvs checkout and test that the CPU Tweaks works on their machines (at least as well as on 0.99.4) cheers Sven |
From: <man...@t-...> - 2003-07-31 23:31:02
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On 07/22/03 13:20, Sven Dowideit wrote: > On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 00:15, Dave Jones wrote: > > >>First off, you have the MSR driver loaded right? >>Secondly, it could be that the MSR that is trying to be read >>when you 'cat' the dev node doesn't exist on your box, so it >>goes splat. Take a look at x86info if you want to see various >>usages of MSRs. (The 'make install' of x86info also does some >>sanity checks to be sure you have msr support set up correctly.) >> >> Dave > > well wadda ya know :) > > I built msr in as a module, and iddn't load it. stupid me ;) > > i've got x86info - its going into 0.99.6 (i'm following your plan as > well as adding my stuff slowly) > > with the msr module loaded, x86info gives me a list of msr's, but > powertweak has nothing - but along the way i've been chasing some memory > deallocation inconsistencies :) i still miss not having c++ constructors > and destructors :) > > Manuel - i'm still working on it ;) Cool! That sounds good! Let me know if I can help with debugging this CPU tweaks tab on here locally (that one that works in .4 but not in .5), but be sure you'll need to provide me with almost all info on how to do it... ;-) Bye, Manuel P.S.: Is there something new in CVS that's worth trying out? |
From: Sven D. <sv...@oz...> - 2003-07-22 11:38:59
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On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 00:15, Dave Jones wrote: > First off, you have the MSR driver loaded right? > Secondly, it could be that the MSR that is trying to be read > when you 'cat' the dev node doesn't exist on your box, so it > goes splat. Take a look at x86info if you want to see various > usages of MSRs. (The 'make install' of x86info also does some > sanity checks to be sure you have msr support set up correctly.) >=20 > Dave well wadda ya know :) I built msr in as a module, and iddn't load it. stupid me ;) i've got x86info - its going into 0.99.6 (i'm following your plan as well as adding my stuff slowly) with the msr module loaded, x86info gives me a list of msr's, but powertweak has nothing - but along the way i've been chasing some memory deallocation inconsistencies :) i still miss not having c++ constructors and destructors :) Manuel - i'm still working on it ;) sven |
From: Dave J. <da...@su...> - 2003-07-21 14:15:24
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 12:53:48AM +1000, Sven Dowideit wrote: > On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 17:59, Manuel Krause wrote: > > Somehow I'm missing the CPU[0] Tweaks tab completely. I've rechecked > > things like MSR support in kernel and compatibility of my PIII > > Coppermine CPU (family 6, model 8, stepping 6, brand 2). > mmm when i do a cat /dev/cpu/0/msr on my machines (with msr enabled > (supposedly)) i get no such device which is probably the reason that > powertweak does not have anything either.. i'll need to learn about msr > support... > > First off, you have the MSR driver loaded right? Secondly, it could be that the MSR that is trying to be read when you 'cat' the dev node doesn't exist on your box, so it goes splat. Take a look at x86info if you want to see various usages of MSRs. (The 'make install' of x86info also does some sanity checks to be sure you have msr support set up correctly.) Dave -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs |
From: Sven D. <sv...@oz...> - 2003-07-20 15:28:58
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On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 17:59, Manuel Krause wrote: > Somehow I'm missing the CPU[0] Tweaks tab completely. I've rechecked=20 > things like MSR support in kernel and compatibility of my PIII=20 > Coppermine CPU (family 6, model 8, stepping 6, brand 2). mmm when i do a cat /dev/cpu/0/msr on my machines (with msr enabled (supposedly)) i get no such device which is probably the reason that powertweak does not have anything either.. i'll need to learn about msr support... >=20 > When running gpowertweak I get > Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1427 (gtk_widget_show):=20 > assertion `widget !=3D NULL' failed. >=20 > Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 331 (gtk_box_pack_start): assertion=20 > `child !=3D NULL' failed. > now (instead?!?). i have always assumed theses were related to something else, but i'll chase them down >=20 > (But the lines above only when run without powertweakd in the background.= ) >=20 > In Powertweak 0.99.4 all of the above is working well. And two more=20 > questions regarding the PentiumIII.xml: > * Why did you remove the In-order-queue-depth tweak? > * Was this register change from 0.99.4 to 0.99.5 intended: > from: <MSR register=3D"0x0000002A" bit=3D"30"> > <WIDGETTEXT>Streaming buffer disable</WIDGETTEXT> > <CONFIGNAME>P6_STREAMING_BUFFER_DISABLE</CONFIGNAME> > ... > to: <MSR register=3D"0x00000033" bit=3D"30"> > <WIDGETTEXT>Streaming buffer disable</WIDGETTEXT> > <CONFIGNAME>P6_STREAMING_BUFFER_DISABLE</CONFIGNAME> > ... these must have been changed by Dave before i started.. >=20 > Another thing, can you have a look at the attached diff that updates the=20 > old bdflush section of memory.xml to some kernel 2.4.x style (and fixes=20 > one minor thing in proc.xml, too). Maybe it's worth to be applied in=20 > some kind. >=20 excellent, i'll get this in somewhere (i've been running 2.5/6 exclusivly for a few months now) >=20 > Thanks and best regards, >=20 > Manuel thanks for the info :) >=20 > ______________________________________________________________________ sven |
From: <man...@t-...> - 2003-07-20 15:27:57
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On 07/20/03 16:53, Sven Dowideit wrote: > On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 17:59, Manuel Krause wrote: > >>Somehow I'm missing the CPU[0] Tweaks tab completely. I've rechecked >>things like MSR support in kernel and compatibility of my PIII >>Coppermine CPU (family 6, model 8, stepping 6, brand 2). > > mmm when i do a cat /dev/cpu/0/msr on my machines (with msr enabled > (supposedly)) i get no such device which is probably the reason that > powertweak does not have anything either.. i'll need to learn about msr > support... > [...] Thanks for the quick reply. To the above: I've rechecked those as it's mentionned somewhere in the FAQs, IIRC. I meant the CPU Tweaks tab is existent in my 0.99.4 but not in 0.99.5. So I assume it's not dependent on the msr support in the way you think. A cat /dev/cpu/0/msr on here does, err, nothing. Something went on with the CPU related interface change?! Bye, Manuel |
From: <man...@t-...> - 2003-07-20 08:09:12
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On 07/09/03 16:37, Sven Dowideit wrote: > Hi guys, > > We have a new release. I'll start working on the 0.99.6 roadmap soon, and > would like some suggestions for network protocol. I'm currently leaning towards > xmlrpc or SOAP, perhaps utilising the DMTF WBEM standard (the same guys that did > the DMI/SMBIOS standard). > > Please tell me if i've forgotten anything as this is my first sf release. > > I'll be updating the web page tomorrow :) > > Dave - can you please update the freshmeat.net page? > > cheers > Sven > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > from the NEWS file > > v0.99.5 [Release 22. -- The 'long in the tooth' release ] [...] Hi Sven, nice to have a new release finally!!! Somehow I'm missing the CPU[0] Tweaks tab completely. I've rechecked things like MSR support in kernel and compatibility of my PIII Coppermine CPU (family 6, model 8, stepping 6, brand 2). When running gpowertweak I get Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1427 (gtk_widget_show): assertion `widget != NULL' failed. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 331 (gtk_box_pack_start): assertion `child != NULL' failed. now (instead?!?). (But the lines above only when run without powertweakd in the background.) In Powertweak 0.99.4 all of the above is working well. And two more questions regarding the PentiumIII.xml: * Why did you remove the In-order-queue-depth tweak? * Was this register change from 0.99.4 to 0.99.5 intended: from: <MSR register="0x0000002A" bit="30"> <WIDGETTEXT>Streaming buffer disable</WIDGETTEXT> <CONFIGNAME>P6_STREAMING_BUFFER_DISABLE</CONFIGNAME> ... to: <MSR register="0x00000033" bit="30"> <WIDGETTEXT>Streaming buffer disable</WIDGETTEXT> <CONFIGNAME>P6_STREAMING_BUFFER_DISABLE</CONFIGNAME> ... Another thing, can you have a look at the attached diff that updates the old bdflush section of memory.xml to some kernel 2.4.x style (and fixes one minor thing in proc.xml, too). Maybe it's worth to be applied in some kind. Thanks and best regards, Manuel |
From: Sven D. <sv...@oz...> - 2003-07-09 14:52:10
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Hi guys, We have a new release. I'll start working on the 0.99.6 roadmap soon, and=20 would like some suggestions for network protocol. I'm currently leaning tow= ards xmlrpc or SOAP, perhaps utilising the DMTF WBEM standard (the same guys tha= t did the DMI/SMBIOS standard). Please tell me if i've forgotten anything as this is my first sf release. I'll be updating the web page tomorrow :) Dave - can you please update the freshmeat.net page? cheers Sven ------------------------------------------------------------------------ from the NEWS file v0.99.5 [Release 22. -- The 'long in the tooth' release ] - Architectural changes: - Core plugins. Plugins can now be written to have dependancies on others that get loaded first. PCILIB converted to core. - PCI backend got split up to take advantage of core. - Socket communication moved to libpowertweak removing duplication. - New Features: - BIOS DMI backend. - Now writes status messages to /var/log/powertweak.log - new simple text mode read only client (lspowertweak) - Bugfixes - GTK UI tooltips now work correctly. - Pentium III XML fixed. - Various bulletproofing found with valgrind and similar tools. |
From: Sven D. <sv...@oz...> - 2003-07-07 08:49:24
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nah,=20 if its only a small difference then there's not much rush :) thanks :) obviously you want the via bridge tweaking support, but do you have any more feature requests?=20 my personal goals for powertweak are more in the monitoring (with graphing?) and network management direction (though i do want to be able to tweak 2.6 to let my notebook & mp3 machine run quiet and low power) sven On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 11:27, Greg Bell wrote: > > return question :) have you run redhat-proc-conf ? i'm curious to know > > what they changed - if there is anything useful i should integrate the > > changes too (they stoles it way back when :) >=20 > running it... the only thing under "Hardware" is RaID, with throughput > limits. lots of other categories. want screenshots? >=20 |