/proc is like ifconfig, it has been marked deprecated since 2.4, but shows no actual signs of going anywhere.
Anyway, the less friendly (but technically more accurate version) can be found at: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq IIRC it is expressed in Hz You may want to look here for hints on modifying the behavior: http://www.ziggy471.com/2011/04/07/vdd-smartass-and-cpufreq-sysfs-interfaces-and-how-to-use-them/ That link is not for the faint of heart, as resilient as modern CPUs are, you can still kill them. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Mel Walters <melwalt...@telus.net> wrote: > I have installed cpufrequtils and cpufreqd on my system. > cpufrequtils gives you these commands: > cpufreq-info -c 0 > cpufreq-info -c 1 > cpufreq-info -c 2 > cpufreq-info -c 3 > and > cpufreqd-get -l > > looking at this has shown me it is not working correctly, I need to look > further. (needs configuration or repairs. > sudo lsmod | grep cpufreq > [sudo] password for mwalters: > cpufreq_conservative 5162 0 > cpufreq_userspace 1992 0 > cpufreq_stats 2659 0 > cpufreq_powersave 902 0 > > I am missing the acpi related modules > > I still have to puzzle this out. > > My system is Debian squeeze > > /proc/cpuinfo is noted to be be depreciated and should avoid (forgot > where I saw it) > > Mel > > On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 21:12 -0600, Craig McLean wrote: >> Hello. >> >> Is there a way to know in real time what is happening to the clock speed of >> your CPU. I'm on Ubuntu 10.10. I don't mind doing a tail -f on some log >> file if that is what it takes. >> >> >> >> Craig. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
