SUMMARY ------- MATE CPUFreq Applet is a CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor for MATE Panel. FEATURES -------- - Support for proc or sys filesystems - Support for multiprocessor systems - It can be used as frequency selector PREREQUISITES ------------- - MATE Panel libraries FREQUENCY SELECTOR ------------------ The applet includes a generic command line tool to change the cpu frequency. This tool is 'cpufreq-selector'. The cpufreq-selector will be installed under $prefix/bin/ where $prefix is the prefix selected to compile the applet. Once the cpufreq-selector is installed it can be used from the command line $ cpufreq-selector -f <frequency_in_KHz> $ cpufreq-selector -g <governor> To change the frequency from the applet, simply click on the applet and a menu will be shown with the list of available frequencies. The cpufreq-selector is installed suid root by default. To not install the cpufreq-selector: $ ./configure [options] --disable-frequency-selector To not install the cpufreq-selector suid root: $ ./configure [options] --enable-suid=no