bbcpufreq For Linux

bbcpufreq is gui-frontend for cpu frequency daemon (bbcpufreqd) intended for use with minimalistic window-managers (e.g. blackbox).

Requirements:

· GTK+ version 2.2.x · libcpufreq - libsysfs - libgtk2

Type 'make' to compile bbcpufreq. Type 'make install' (as root) to install bbcpufreq to default install directory (/usr/local/bin).

To do anything useful with bbcpufreq you'll need 2 things:

1) Setup cpufreqd to use unix socket for local communication -- in [General] section of /etc/cpufreqd.conf set line: enable_remote=1

2) You also have to be able to read cpufreqd socket. One way is to run bbcpufreq with with root's privileges. If you use sudo, you can just put following line to /etc/sudoers:

username ALL = NOPASSWD: path/to/bbcpufreq

Another way is to set group ownership for cpufreqd socket. In [General] section of /etc/cpufreqd.conf set line:

remote_group = user_group

Don't forget to replace user_group with desired value. This way you don't need root's privileges at all.

Using bbcpufreq is simple -- just click on the program icon to bring up program menu. The menu lets you select power profile (as defined in cpufreqd conf. file) and/or tell cpufreqd to go dynamic (cpufreqd decides about power policy) or to go manual (user is able to select power profile).