2.3 beta 26th Jan - powerd mode config doesn't appear to work

maverick_slo

Maybe: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/5739 ?

apollo17

i'm not sure, powerd is definately working. as the freequency is changing, running powerd -v shows it's working. just cannot change the profiles between hiadaptive, adaptive, minimum and maximum it seems to be 'stuck' on hiadaptive.

Steve_B

I don't believe those options are saving correctly. Checking now.

apollo17

ye i've just tried changing /boot/device.hints to
hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled="0"
hint.p4tcc.0.disabled="0"

and no difference so i'll change them back to default

maverick_slo

Sorry to mislead you :(

Steve_B

Indeed the variable names did not match the configuration names. Just pushed a fix and can confirm the config file is being updated correctly and the web page shows the correct configuration.

Please gitsync and re-test.

apollo17

it still doesn't seem to be working right

although it may be my mistake

used option 13 - update from console using sshd
then rebooted the system

still a lot to learn

maverick_slo

Go to console.
Choose option 12 (developer shell)
then type in:
playback gitsync master –> press enter.

This is how you must do it.

Steve_B

Once you have done that, you could also visit the "Diagnostics->Command prompt" page. In the shell command box, type:

grep powerd /cf/conf/config.xml

That should show you the current powerd settings.

cmb

@apollo17:

it still doesn't seem to be working right

although it may be my mistake

used option 13 - update from console using sshd
then rebooted the system

It takes up to several hours before updates are available there. You have to gitsync to get them faster, as maverick_slo indicated. That's only if you want to immediately get a change that was made very recently, otherwise stick with option 13 at console for upgrading.

apollo17

Ok, have gitsynced and everything seems to be working

grep powerd /cf/conf/config.xml showed the settings changed as they should.

thanks guys for your help