GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 380314
CPU freq menus overcomplicated
Last modified: 2006-12-16 16:15:36 UTC
The current layout of the menus makes very little sense. Currently: Frequencies -> o ... GHz o ... GHz o ... GHz ------- o Automatic (Always Disabled) Governors -> (Not in alphabetical order) o GovB o GovA o GovC o Userspace Selecting a frequency selects Userspace and sets the frequency. Selecting Userspace sets the governor and set the frequency to (lowest?) Selecting a governor changes the governor and marks frequency as automatic. There is no reason to have two menus, especially when each menu will have only about 5 items in it. Instead, these should be combined into a single menu: o ... GHz o ... GHz o ... GHz ------- o GovA o GovB o GovC The Governors should be alphabetized and Userspace should be excluded from the list. If Userspace is unavailable, Frequencies should simply not be displayed to avoid user confusion. (As a user I was confused as to why I couldn't change the values.) If no governors are available, the menu should contain a single item. "Learn how to scale frequencies." which goes to a website or yelp. Other information:
Hi Brian, thanks a lot for the report, it sounds quite reasonable.
I've just fixed it in cvs head. Thanks a lot Brian for this so useful bug report.