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#2921
Hi, is there any step-by-step instruction on what to do with those scripts?
Just like this bit here...
http://wiki.maemo.org/Overclocking#Changing_the_Kernel
I know what they do, I dont know how to make them work...

I know the single line ones (to set max freq etc) how to put in a widget, but what about those long ones with 10-more lines in?? I used queen beecon but thats just small buttons, it wont display anything big...

And also, I just installed kernel-power-flasher, and I had Lehto's xlv before that. The min and max is stil the same (250 - 900).. is that correct? I did not change the max at all...

I am totally losssttttt among the scripts. lol
 
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#2922
Please help my trauma accumulated brain.

What is different with Maemo compared to Android that requires a more complex process for overclocking? On the Droid, you simply install the kernel and then SetCPU and the app allows many adjustments through the GUI. Very simple and even a caveman could do it.

The efforts here are very appreciated, but the actual process seems a lot more complex and more prone to possible error.

I OC'd my N900 with one of the original 125-800mhz kernels via the internal flasher (when OCing for N900 started), but now the process steps are a tad more involved. I would love to have the same kernel, but with LV parameters, but following the threads has become less than concise (for rubes like me). More importantly, no longer as simple as one file installed via the internal flasher.

Last edited by Rushmore; 2010-04-18 at 01:45.
 

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#2923
Originally Posted by titan View Post
I recommend to
1) copy the template to your mydocs (when not in mass storage mode)
Code:
cp /usr/share/kernel-power-settings/ideal /home/user/MyDocs/kernel.txt
2) USB mount it to edit it on the PC. unmount and unplug USB, and try it with
Code:
sudo /usr/sbin/kernel-load /home/user/MyDocs/kernel.txt
repeat 2) until you're happy.
To permanently install this new configuration
Code:
sudo rm -f /etc/default/kernel-power
sudo cp /home/user/MyDocs/kernel.txt  /etc/default/kernel-power
sudo /usr/sbin/kernel-load
i don't have this directory : /usr/share/kernel-power-settings/ideal and kernek-power-settings is installed...even after a reboot, it doesn't show up...min freq is 500Mhz and max 600Mhz, any help to set the max freq to 900 or 950Mhz?

Things are getting a bit complicated...
 
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#2924
Originally Posted by Rushmore View Post
What is different with Maemo compared to Android that requires a more complex process for overclocking? On the Droid, you simply install the kernel and then SetCPU and the app allows many adjustments through the GUI. Very simple and even a caveman could do it.
Simple. There is no difference.

Except nobody has yet created a nice gui app like SetCPU. Somone needs to create it.
There is "cpufrequi" app but it still needs a lot more work to look as polished and full featured.
 
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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
Simple. There is no difference.

Except nobody has yet created a nice gui app like SetCPU. Somone needs to create it.
There is "cpufrequi" app but it still needs a lot more work to look as polished and full featured.

It could be the volume of information in the threads, but even the kernel install process seems more complex now. I have not seen a LV kernel that you can simply install via the internal flasher and then let it dynamically manage the clock (without having to set parameters via terminal). My current kernel clocks from 125 to 800 dynamically, but not with LV settings.

I saw the app you mentioned, but I do not have the 1.2 files needed (would not help with the volt issue anyways).

Last edited by Rushmore; 2010-04-18 at 02:04.
 
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#2926
now, what are the disadvantages of staying with the Lehto kernel and not going with this newer maemo25?...is it worth bricking my device to test it out?
 
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Originally Posted by sophocha View Post
now, what are the disadvantages of staying with the Lehto kernel and not going with this newer maemo25?...is it worth bricking my device to test it out?
I'm pretty sure you cannot use Lehto's kernel after updating to PR1.2.

titan's maemo25 kernel should be useable even with PR1.2 and it is highly customizable.
(although not super easy as there is no nice gui app supporting all features for it yet)

It also includes a lot of modules not included within the stock/lehto kernel.
more info - http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=43420
 

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Originally Posted by slipkornsaad View Post
i don't have this directory : /usr/share/kernel-power-settings/ideal and kernek-power-settings is installed...even after a reboot, it doesn't show up...min freq is 500Mhz and max 600Mhz, any help to set the max freq to 900 or 950Mhz?

Things are getting a bit complicated...

Same problem here. I don't have this folders too.
 
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#2929
Originally Posted by AlMehdi View Post
Have you tried in you own language? In my case i am a swede. I have the swedish localisation setup. So when the Y/n question comes i write "j" as in "ja" which means yes in swedish and it continues to install the program.
Im english anyway and with everything else ive ever done simply answering y has worked fine, its getting a bit late now but in the morning i guess ill try upgrading numericaly, ie maemo23-24-25 and see if i have any more luck that way, im hoping i dont have to use the usb flasher as ive yet to make it work for me, although i always knew id have to confront the problem at some point.

(look out for me tomorrow on the cant reflash thread)
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#2930
Im still using Lehto's and still stable @1000mhz.

i installed a desktop exe widget (like QueenBeecon) to check the temp of cpu and it reflects a -40!! what have i done wrong????
 
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