mate-cpufreq-selector(1)

mate-cpufreq-selector1

A generic command line tool to change the cpu frequency.

Usage

mate-cpufreq-selector [OPTIONS]

Overview

This tool is a part of the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor Applet for the MATE Panel. It can be called from the command line when installed. mate-cpufreq-selector is used to adjust the CPU Frequency settings if the system supports scaling.

This manual page briefly documents the mate-cpufreq-selector command.

Options

-c NUMBER, --cpu=NUMBER

Specify the CPU Number to adjust settings for. If no CPU is specified, CPU0 is assumed.

-g GOVERNOR, --governor=GOVERNOR

Specify a valid CPU Governor to use. (ie. conservative, ondemand, performance, powersave)

-f FREQ, --frequency=FREQ

Specify a CPU Frequency to set in KHz.

-?, -h, --help

Print standard command line options.

Examples

mate-cpufreq-selector --cpu=1 -g powersave

Set scaling Governor "Powersave" on CPU1

mate-cpufreq-selector -f 1200000

Set max CPU Frequency to 1200000KHz (1.2GHz) on CPU0

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9–11
  3. 12–Arch

--cpu since Debian 9 (Stretch); --frequency since Debian 9 (Stretch); --governor since Debian 9 (Stretch); --help since Debian 9 (Stretch); -? since Debian 9 (Stretch); -c since Debian 9 (Stretch); -f since Debian 9 (Stretch); -g since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Bugs

Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-applets/issues

Authors

This Man Page has been written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman <[email protected]> (2014)

History

cpufreq-selector was originally written for gnome-applets by:

Carlos García Campos <[email protected]> (2004)

From mate-applets 1.28.1-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.