Issues with using arguments with powerplan about powerplan

[gamerrgrilll]

Not a problem, I appreciate the help and quick responses! I'll be sure to stick around for future development! :)

Running powerplan --version works as intended now, though showing a warning, seemingly about my battery: Warning: Kernel: ACPI_BATTERY_VALUE_UNKNOWN when reading /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/power_now. - If this is too off-topic (and if it's even a problem at all) I can close this and start a new issue if needed!

[gamerrgrilll]

Thanks :)

The output:

{'acpitz': [shwtemp(label='', current=28.0, high=226.8, critical=226.8),
            shwtemp(label='', current=20.0, high=None, critical=None)],
 'amdgpu': [shwtemp(label='edge', current=27.0, high=None, critical=None)],
 'k10temp': [shwtemp(label='Tctl', current=28.25, high=None, critical=None),
             shwtemp(label='Tdie', current=28.25, high=None, critical=None)],
 'nvme': [shwtemp(label='Composite', current=25.85, high=81.85, critical=84.85),
          shwtemp(label='Sensor 1', current=25.85, high=65261.85, critical=65261.85)]}

[Haptein]

One last question I have is, how should I find the names of frequency governors for powerplan?

You can run:

powerplan --system

The section called governors enlists all the frequency governors supported by your CPU and scaling driver (the kernel driver that tells your CPU how to behave in terms of performance/load) combo.

[Haptein]

This is my first issue on Github, apologies if there are any formatting errors. :)

Don't worry, your info is well presented 👍

Hmm, can you show me your output of this:
python -c "import psutil;import pprint;pprint.pprint(psutil.sensors_temperatures())"

[Haptein]

It appears there's no critical temp value available for the sensor used with your CPU. This should be fixed now ^^

[gamerrgrilll]

I'll give it a test! - I'm new to using git and Linux in general, how should I update my powerplan install?

[Haptein]

I think the simpler way is to delete the directory created by the "git clone" command (perhaps in home or downloads folder) and re-run the install instructions (if a previous installation is detected it will uninstall it first).

Some people prefer going to the git directory in the command line and running:
git pull && sudo ./install
This updates the already existing git directory and reinstalls the program.

[gamerrgrilll]

Apologies for the delay, back at my laptop now! - I've deleted the folder and re-installed, however running powerplan --version still gives:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/powerplan", line 10, in <module>
    import status
  File "/opt/powerplan/src/status.py", line 8, in <module>
    import cpu
  File "/opt/powerplan/src/cpu.py", line 447, in <module>
    CPU = CPUSpec()
  File "/opt/powerplan/src/cpu.py", line 59, in __init__
    self.crit_temp = int(psutil.sensors_temperatures()[self.temp_sensor][0].critical)
TypeError: int() argument must be a string, a bytes-like object or a number, not 'NoneType'

Looking at the lines, the issues seem to be with: the "status" import in powerplan, import cpu in status.py, and CPU = CPUSpec() in cpu.py - Has this utility been tested on AMD before? It seems to be missing some temperature features, as you said. :p

[Haptein]

Whoops, I fixed the problem somewhere else instead of where it currently affects your setup 😅. It should really be fixed now.

Has this utility been tested on AMD before?

I have tested parts of this program on a couple AMD CPUs, but I no longer have access to them. That being said I really appreciate you taking your time to help me resolve this problem 😄

[Haptein]

Warning: Kernel: ACPI_BATTERY_VALUE_UNKNOWN when reading /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/power_now.

This means that the Linux kernel got an invalid value when reading said battery property (power consumption). This problem is handled by powerplan by estimating power consumption with a different hardware interface (if the problem appears at initialization) if another one is available. You can find out which one is used running:

powerplan --verbose

The relevant lines appear right after the battery detected line.

If this is too off-topic (and if it's even a problem at all) I can close this and start a new issue if needed!

I really don't mind continuing here if you have any questions, but if you think something is not working correctly making a new issue will definitely make it easier for me to reference things in the future 👍

[gamerrgrilll]

That makes sense, I'll be sure to start a new issue if something acts up in the future! - I appreciate the help :)

One last question I have is, how should I find the names of frequency governors for powerplan?

[gamerrgrilll]

That'd good to know, thank you for the help and development! I'll close this thread, now. :)