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Well, you can make an item in Personal Menu that does this (make sure you "Run as root"), or you can gain root, make a text file like /sbin/cpu-perform and put the code in, then do "chmod +x /sbin/cpu-perform" to make it executable. Then you can just gain root and run cpu-perform to get the speed boost.
This only sticks until reboot.
As for "pegging" the processor, it seems that the "on demand" mode that our processor is normally in doesn't really use the full speed of the processor very much (if at all -- my processor never shows more than 330 mHz), even when you're running an app (like OOo) that really pushes the CPU hard. The performance mode seems to let the processor "out of the cage" so that it can run at full speed.
(Alternately, you can install liqbase or the next version of my Easy Debian.)
EDIT: Further testing seems to indicate that the processor does spike up to full speed in On-Demand mode, but I guess that lag between "I need the processor" and "here you go" makes for a slower experience.
Last edited by qole; 2008-10-09 at 16:42.
This only sticks until reboot.
As for "pegging" the processor, it seems that the "on demand" mode that our processor is normally in doesn't really use the full speed of the processor very much (if at all -- my processor never shows more than 330 mHz), even when you're running an app (like OOo) that really pushes the CPU hard. The performance mode seems to let the processor "out of the cage" so that it can run at full speed.
(Alternately, you can install liqbase or the next version of my Easy Debian.)
EDIT: Further testing seems to indicate that the processor does spike up to full speed in On-Demand mode, but I guess that lag between "I need the processor" and "here you go" makes for a slower experience.
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2008-10-09
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Originally Posted by eiffel
Sorry, if that's their strategy, that the Tube will distract us from the fact that there's no new Maemo device to compete with the Android, Pandora, and MID devices, then it's a stupid strategy. S60 devices aren't Maemo devices. I'm not going to be distracted away from the hole in the Maemo timeline by an S60 device, nor am I going to be appeased in my looking for a MID type Linux/UNIX device by any S60 device. Just not going to happen.
If you stretch your imagination a bit, you can think of the 5800 as being like an "N800 lite", so next year's high-end touch phone just possibly might be an 800x480 touch phone to "distract people from Android" until the Maemo 5 devices are available.
Maybe I'm a minority in that regard, but for me, that's just a cop-out on Nokia's part. If I want a NIT/Maemo device, then I want a NIT/Maemo device. If I want a Symbian device, then I want a Symbian device. Trying to use one to justify a hole in the lineup of the other is not an acceptable alternative to me. It clearly indicates a failing in the product line.
That said, the Tube does look interesting. Did I notice that it has 2 card slots? That's kinda N800ish
It seems like it'd be a great device upon which to run Maemo. If they had a version that is exactly like the 5800 but ran Maemo, and one that had a side-slide qwerty keyboard (5810? ) (and also ran Maemo), then that'd be great.If they had that, a version of the Tube that ran Maemo, then I'd happily consider it to be the device that fills the gap in the time line. Otherwise, no dice.
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2008-10-09
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Originally Posted by Benson
Hoping/assuming that the future device will not be bigger than an N8x0 - how would a higher resolution help?
Maybe I'm just an optimist, but I'm hoping for at least 1024x600 screen, which should help.
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Originally Posted by benny1967
It makes it much nicer to render webpages, it makes Koffice or other apps display properly.
Hoping/assuming that the future device will not be bigger than an N8x0 - how would a higher resolution help?
I want 1024x600 also
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2008-10-09
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Originally Posted by qole
Am I sensing some Pandora regret in your posts already?
Just a note; if you want to put a bit of vitality back in your tired old tablet, make a script that pegs the processor:
cpu-perform
This makes things a lot more snappy. Battery life will suffer accordingly, but this is the little blue pill for your limp little tablet.Code:echo performance >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
To come down off your high, run this script:
cpu-ondemand
My tests have shown that this can make even desktop apps like OpenOffice usable on the tablet.Code:echo ondemand >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
So while most of us have to wait a loooong time for OMAP3, we might as well push our old OMAP2 as hard as they'll go!
(thanks, lcuk, for the tip!)
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2008-10-09
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Originally Posted by penguinbait
1920x1080 please.
I want 1024x600 also
Originally Posted by penguinbait
Of course. But I'm strong. I can wait. (I think. I hope.)
Am I sensing some Pandora regret in your posts already?
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You cant make fonts and gui elements any smaller. in reality you'd have the same space to work with, as long as the screen itself doesn't get bigger.
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Originally Posted by benny1967
Sure you can. Just include a pair of glasses with magnifying lenses with every tablet sold!
You cant make fonts and gui elements any smaller.
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Originally Posted by benny1967
Almost print resolution is good, print resolution is even better.
Hoping/assuming that the future device will not be bigger than an N8x0 - how would a higher resolution help?
Picture a display where you can't even see the pixels? Mmm. . . .
Just enter the cpu-perform code in Xterm, close Xterm and keep going? Or is there more to this? Does it stay tweaked after you restart? And, heck, what does it mean to "peg" the processor? Thanks.
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