Re: cpufreqd init script not shutting down

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>]

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006, Stefan Bellon wrote:
> I noticed recently that my notebook (ThinkPad T60) doesn't shut down
> properly anymore but "hangs". I've now traced the problem down. It
> looks like it's the cpufreqd's init script which is hanging when
> being called with "stop":
> 
> io:/home/sbellon# /etc/init.d/cpufreqd stop   
> Stopping CPU Frequency daemon: cpufreqd
> 
> At this stage, nothing happens and the script still runs. If you press
> Return, then the final dot appears in a new line and the script stops:
> 
> .
> io:/home/sbellon#

Please run sh -x /etc/init.d/cpufreqd stop >/tmp/out.txt 2>&1, hit CTRL+C
when it hangs, and look at the log (/tmp/out.txt) to see WHERE it hung...

That said, if you use the "conservative" governor, there is no need to use
cpufreqd at all.  It does an wonderful job of it own, all in kernel space,
and it has enough knobs (in /sys) that you can use to tune it to your needs.

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  Henrique Holschuh