powerd

[David Collins]

Hi,

I have just realised that my computer is making a ton of noise, and I
would like it to make less. I have the following in my rc.conf

powerd_enable="YES"
powerd_flags="-a minimum"

I have checked that cpufreq is loaded using kldload. When I run powerd
from the command line I get the following

viper:~$ sudo powerd
powerd: lookup freq: No such file or directory

I also have the following

viper:~$ sysctl dev.cpu
dev.cpu.0.%desc: ACPI CPU
dev.cpu.0.%driver: cpu
dev.cpu.0.%location: handle=\_PR_.CPU_
dev.cpu.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
dev.cpu.0.%parent: acpi0
dev.cpu.0.cx_supported: C1/0
dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest: C1
dev.cpu.0.cx_usage: 100.00%
dev.cpu.1.%desc: ACPI CPU
dev.cpu.1.%driver: cpu
dev.cpu.1.%location: handle=\_PR_.CPU1
dev.cpu.1.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
dev.cpu.1.%parent: acpi0
dev.cpu.1.cx_supported: C1/0
dev.cpu.1.cx_lowest: C1
dev.cpu.1.cx_usage: 100.00%

I've googled this but not managed to find a solution. How can I get
this to work?

thanks
David