After update 159 —>>> CPU frequency 1 core max
Hi,
welcome to the IPFire community. 
Since your issue differs, I have moved your post into a new thread, so things don’t get mixed up.
Actually, this is harmless - it just means Core Update 159 (and the Linux kernel 5.10.x inside) changed the behaviour of controlling your CPU’s frequency.
Please provide us further information:
- Which CPU are you using? (A link to your Fireinfo profile is helpful, see here.)
- Do you have the
cpufrequtilsadd-on installed?
Thanks, and best regards,
Peter Müller
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Have you leaved the WebGui open? The ajax speeddisplay currently make a lot of cpu load.
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Only upgraded a few to 159 so far, but majority reduced frequency in my case.
Core 2 Duo E8400 down
Core 2 6600 up
OK Thanks you
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For completeness of information…
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz x2
Intel(R) Core™2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz x2
Intel(R) Core™2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz x2
Intel(R) Core™2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz x2
Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 CPU @ 1.50GHz x4
CPU Frequency stuck around minimum after update to core 159
Intel Celeron CPU 847 @ 1.10GHz
Fireinfo
Problem solved:
So far I had set the CPU governor to powersave. This worked perfectly under the old kernel, CPU clock between 800 MHz and 1000 MHz depending on the load. With the new kernel, powersave apparently sets the clock to the minimum of 800MHz. I have now set the governor to conservative and now the CPU speed is adjusted to the system load again.
Same problem here…
One core run’s always at full speed (2415MHz).
But this govenor-settings doesnt help…
On core 158, all cores were working at 1333MHz - so there is maybe more load or something else…
Since Core Update 159 with the new kernel my four cores are much more balanced in terms of frequency than they were before. I also tend to see a more balanced activity percentage per core using htop than before, when two cores tended to do the majority of the work and the other two cores were lower until the first two cores were nearly at max. This also matches with the frequency effects with two cores typically at lower frequency and the other two at higher, although the difference is not huge anyway, ranging from 1.4MHz to 1.75MHz
