NAME¶

auto-cpufreq - automatic CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux

SYNOPSIS¶

auto-cpufreq [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION¶

auto-cpufreq is an automatic CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux. It monitors a laptop's battery state, CPU usage, CPU temperature and system load, and adjusts the CPU frequency-scaling governor and turbo-boost setting to improve battery life without sacrificing responsiveness.

OPTIONS¶

--monitor

Monitor and see suggestions for CPU optimizations.

--live

Monitor and make (temporary) suggested CPU optimizations.

--install

Install the daemon for permanent automatic CPU optimizations.

--remove

Remove the daemon.

--config PATH

Use a configuration file at the defined path.

--stats

View live stats of CPU optimizations made by the daemon.

--force VALUE

Force use of either "powersave" or "performance" governors. Setting to "reset" goes back to normal mode.

--turbo VALUE

Force use of CPU turbo mode with "never" or "always", or "auto".

--version

Show the currently installed version.

--help

Show the help message and exit.

FILES¶

/etc/auto-cpufreq.conf

Optional configuration file.

SEE ALSO¶

auto-cpufreq-gtk(1)

AUTHOR¶

auto-cpufreq was written by Adnan Hodzic. This manual page was written for the Debian project.