because in slitaz 3.0 there is no cpufrequtils - it will be possible in comming release 4.0 and note that you have to install all the utils by hand

see here http://forum.slitaz.org/index.php?p=/discussion/2412

if you really want to save energy with an AMD CPU, you should have a look to cpupowerd http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpupowerd/ - you have to reed the readme carefully, because you can destroy your CPU !!! and your CPU was released 2010 and the last version of CPUpowerd was 2009 - I never tried it with slitaz, but in Debian with AMD X2 and Athlon II Regor it works perfect - I use it for all my servers.

Here is a german howto  http://www.meisterkuehler.de/forum/linux-unix/20124-vorstellung-cpupowerd-tool-fuers-cpu-undervolten-linux.html perhaps google will help to translate.

I'm not looking to undervolt the CPU. It's fine in windows, and SUSE, but for some reason slitaz heats the cpu up to extreme temps.

Could you try booting the live cd with the parameter acpi=off (at the Boot Baby, Boot screen) and seeing if the problem persists?

hello,

just my two cent,

i have see cpufreq with lxpanel do not work, but with E17 all work perfect on slitaz 3.0 stable.

maybe youcan test E17 to see if that change something.

open the console and get root - then type (you can copy and paste)

tazpkg get-install linux-cpufreq
tazpkg get-install linux-acpi,
tazpkg get-install acpid
wget http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/cpufrequtils-008.tazpkg
wget http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/powertop-1.13.tazpkg
tazpkg install cpufrequtils-008.tazpkg

tazpkg install powertop-1.13.tazpkg
/etc/init.d/hald stop
/etc/init.d/dbus stop
/etc/init.d/acpid start
/etc/init.d/dbus start
/etc/init.d/hald start
modprobe powernow-k8
cpufreq-set -c 0 -c 1 -g powersave

and then powertop and see if the cpu is scaling

I will try that as soon as I get a chance to. Also, my CPU is a k10, so will powernow-k8 work on it?

powernow-k8 is working with all AMD CPUs exept some Semprons, which do not scale

I never used the normal cool and quiet - all the time cpupowerd, so I am no expert, but it should work like this

maybe "cpufreq-set -c 0 -c 1 -g powersave" is not working, then try:

cpufreq-set -c 0 -g powersave cpufreq-set -c 1 -g powersave