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	<title>&applet; Manual</title> 
        <abstract role="description">
	  <para>&applet; shows the current clock speed of the CPU and provides an
            interface to change the clock speed if the CPU supports it.</para>
	</abstract>
	<copyright>
	  <year>2005</year>
	  <holder>Davyd Madeley</holder>
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	   <year>2004</year>
            <holder>MATE Foundation</holder>
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	       <firstname>Carlos</firstname>
	       <surname>Garcia Campos</surname>
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	      <firstname>Davyd</firstname>
	      <surname>Madeley</surname>
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	 <revhistory>
	   <revision>
	     <revnumber>MATE 2.12</revnumber>
	     <date>August 2005</date>
	     <revdescription>
	      <para role="author">Davyd Madeley</para>
	     </revdescription>
	   </revision>
	   <revision>
	     <revnumber>MATE 2.10</revnumber>
	     <date>March 2005</date>
	     <revdescription>
	      <para role="author">Davyd Madeley</para>
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		<revision> 
		  <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual V0.3</revnumber> 
		  <date>October 2004</date> 
		  <revdescription> 
                    <para role="author">Carlos Garcia Campos</para>
                    <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
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	 <releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appletversion; of &applet;.
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		   type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>.
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  <indexterm zone="index"> 
	 <primary>CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor</primary> 
  </indexterm>
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<sect1 id="cpufreq-applet-introduction"> 
	 <title>Introduction</title> 
	 <figure id="cpufreq-applet-figure"> 
	    <title>&applet;</title> 
		<screenshot> 
		  <mediaobject> 
		     <imageobject>
			<imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-applet.png"
				   format="PNG"/> 
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	       </screenshot>
	 </figure> 
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    <para>The <application>&applet;</application> provides a convenient way to monitor the CPU Frequency Scaling for each CPU.
		</para> 
	 <para>To add <application>&applet;</application> to a panel, right-click on the panel to open the panel popup menu, then choose 
		<menuchoice> 
		  <guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu> 
		  <guimenuitem>CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor</guimenuitem> 
		</menuchoice>.</para> 
	
    <note><para>
     Unfortunately, CPU frequency scaling can currently only be monitored on
     Linux machines that have support in the kernel. It can however, support the
     several generations of frequency scaling interfaces in the kernel.
    </para></note>
   
   <para>When there is no CPU frequency scaling support in the system, the &applet; only displays the current CPU frequency.</para>
   <para>When CPU frequency scaling is supported in the system, the &applet; displays the CPU icon with a progress bar. The state of the progress bar represents the current CPU frequency with respect to the maximum frequency.</para>
   <para>By default the &applet; displays the current CPU frequency as a value
   in Hertz (the standard measure of frequency), but can be configured to
   display a percentage instead. For more information on how to configure &applet; see <xref linkend="cpufreq-applet-prefs"/>.</para>
   <para>Each instance of &applet; can monitor only one CPU. You must start an
   instance of &applet; for each CPU that you want to monitor if you are in a
   multiprocessor (SMP) system.</para>

   <sect2 id="mate-cpufreq-icons">
     <title>Understanding the Icons</title>
     <para>
       The &applet; has a series of icons that graphically represent the current
       scaling level of the processor you are monitoring. They are:
     </para>
      <informaltable frame="all">
        <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
          <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>
          <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>
          <thead>
            <row valign="top">
              <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
                <para>Icon</para></entry>
              <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
                <para>Description</para></entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row valign="top">
              <entry><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
               <imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-100.png"
	     		  format="PNG"/>
               </imageobject><textobject>
                <phrase>100% Power</phrase>
              </textobject></inlinemediaobject></para></entry>
	      <entry><para>
	       The CPU is running at, or close to, 100% throughput
	      </para></entry>
	    </row>
            <row valign="top">
              <entry><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
               <imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-75.png"
	     		  format="PNG"/>
               </imageobject><textobject>
                <phrase>75% Power</phrase>
              </textobject></inlinemediaobject></para></entry>
	      <entry><para>
	       The CPU is running at, or close to, 75% throughput</para>
	      </entry>
	    </row>
            <row valign="top">
              <entry><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
               <imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-50.png"
	     		  format="PNG"/>
               </imageobject><textobject>
                <phrase>50% Power</phrase>
              </textobject></inlinemediaobject></para></entry>
	      <entry><para>
	       The CPU is running at, or close to, 50% throughput
	      </para></entry>
	    </row>
            <row valign="top">
              <entry><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
               <imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-25.png"
	     		  format="PNG"/>
               </imageobject><textobject>
                <phrase>25% Power</phrase>
              </textobject></inlinemediaobject></para></entry>
	      <entry><para>
	       The CPU is running at, or close to, 25% throughput
	      </para></entry>
	    </row>
	  </tbody>
	</tgroup>
      </informaltable>
   </sect2>
   
   <sect2 id="mate-cpufreq-selector">
      <title>Frequency and Governor Selector</title>
      <warning><para>The Frequency Selector functionality may not be available
      on your MATE Desktop by default. Please consult your system
      administrator, vendor documentation, or the documentation that came with
      this software.</para></warning>
      <para>
       To set the CPU frequency, (left-)click on the monitor and a menu
       will be shown. This menu will offer you a list of available frequencies
       and/or frequency governors for your machine.
      </para>
      <tip><para>
       You can choose whether you want to show available frequencies or
       governors in the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>.
       See <xref linkend="cpufreq-applet-prefs"/> for more information.
      </para></tip>

      <figure id="cpufreq-applet-selector-img">
	 <title>Frequency selector showing just frequencies</title>
	 <screenshot>
	    <mediaobject>
	       <imageobject>
		  <imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-applet-selector.png" format="PNG"/>
	       </imageobject>
	    </mediaobject>
	</screenshot>
      </figure>

      <figure id="cpufreq-applet-selector-both-img">
	 <title>Frequency selector showing both frequencies and governors</title>
	 <screenshot>
	    <mediaobject>
	       <imageobject>
		  <imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-applet-selector-both.png" format="PNG"/>
	       </imageobject>
	    </mediaobject>
	</screenshot>
      </figure>
   </sect2>
</sect1>

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<sect1 id="cpufreq-applet-prefs"> 
	 <title>Preferences</title> 
	 <para>To configure the <application>&applet;</application>, right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> from the popup menu.</para> 
	 <para>The <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> dialog contains the following components: </para> 
	 <figure id="cpufreq-applet-preferences">
	    <title>&applet; Preferences Dialog</title>
	    <screenshot>
	       <mediaobject>
		  <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-applet-preferences.png" format="PNG"/>
		  </imageobject>
		  <textobject>
		     <phrase>&applet; preferences dialog</phrase>
		  </textobject>
	       </mediaobject>
	    </screenshot>
	 </figure>

	 <variablelist> 
	   <varlistentry> 
	      <term><guilabel>Monitored CPU (only in multiprocessor systems)</guilabel></term> 
	     <listitem> 
		<para>Use this drop-down list to select the CPU that you want to monitor.</para>
	 <figure id="cpufreq-applet-preferences-smp">
	    <title>Selecting the CPU to monitor</title>
	    <screenshot>
	       <mediaobject>
		  <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-applet-preferences-smp.png" format="PNG"/>
		  </imageobject>
		  <textobject>
		     <phrase>&applet; preferences dialog CPU selector</phrase>
		  </textobject>
	       </mediaobject>
	    </screenshot>
	 </figure>
	<note><para>
	 The <guilabel>Monitored CPU</guilabel> option will only appear on
	 multiprocessor (SMP) systems.
	</para></note>
	 
	     </listitem>
	   </varlistentry> 
	   <varlistentry> 
	      <term><guilabel>Show in Mode</guilabel></term> 
	     <listitem> 
		<para>Use this drop-down list to select the mode in which you want to display the applet. 
		   Available modes are: Graphic, Text and both (Graphic and Text)
               </para> 
	    </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	 <varlistentry>
	    <term><guilabel>Show CPU frequency as frequency</guilabel></term>
	    <listitem>
	       <para>Select this option to display the current CPU frequency.</para>
	    </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	 <varlistentry>
	    <term><guilabel>Show frequency units</guilabel></term>
	    <listitem>
	       <para>Select this option to display or not the frequency units in the frequency mode.
	       </para>
	    </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	  <varlistentry>
	     <term><guilabel>Show CPU frequency as percentage</guilabel></term>
	     <listitem>
		<para>Select this option to display the current CPU frequency as a percentage.
		</para>
	     </listitem>
	  </varlistentry>

	  <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show menu</guilabel></term>
	   <listitem>
	    <para>
	     This option allows you to choose how much information is shown in
	     the frequency selector dropdown
	     (see <xref linkend="mate-cpufreq-selector"/>). You can select to
	     display <guilabel>Frequencies</guilabel>,
	     <guilabel>Governors</guilabel> or both <guilabel>Frequencies and
	     Governors</guilabel>.
	 <figure id="cpufreq-applet-selector-both-2">
	    <title>The selector configured to Frequencies and Governors</title>
	    <screenshot>
	       <mediaobject>
		  <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/cpufreq-applet-selector-both.png" format="PNG"/>
		  </imageobject>
		  <textobject>
		     <phrase>CPU governors selector</phrase>
		  </textobject>
	       </mediaobject>
	    </screenshot>
	 </figure>

	    </para>
	  </listitem></varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
  </sect1>

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