Overclocking via xorg.conf or command line

[hedron]

I've found stable settings, but I'm sick of going into the control panel and setting them everytime. However, when I try this:

nvidia-settings -a GPUCurrentClockFreqs=400,300

I get:

ERROR: The attribute 'GPUCurrentClockFreqs' specified in assignment
       'GPUCurrentClockFreqs=400,300' cannot be assigned (it is a read-only
       attribute).

What's the problem?

I'd prefer via xorg.conf, but I figure it's the same issue as to why it's not working.

[Kano]

Why don't you use nvclock? Or if the setting is saved:

nvidia-settings -l

[a7v-user]

The attribute you're looking for is 'GPU3DClockFreqs', at least with GF 9800 GT. 'GPUCurrentClockFreqs' is changed whenever the card slows down to save power (or switches to the 2D frequencies).
Also I'm not sure if the overclocking state is saved into ".nvidia-settings-rc" so you might have to enable overclocking first. Just checked on my system, none of the overclocking variables is saved into ".nvidia-settings-rc"
Ie try:

nvidia-settings -a GPUOverclockingState=1 -a GPU3DClockFreqs=400,300

Then you'd only need to put that into a script somewhere and make sure it's run whenever you start your desktop environment.

[hedron]

The attribute you're looking for is 'GPU3DClockFreqs', at least with GF 9800 GT. 'GPUCurrentClockFreqs' is changed whenever the card slows down to save power (or switches to the 2D frequencies).
Also I'm not sure if the overclocking state is saved into ".nvidia-settings-rc" so you might have to enable overclocking first. Just checked on my system, none of the overclocking variables is saved into ".nvidia-settings-rc"
Ie try:

nvidia-settings -a GPUOverclockingState=1 -a GPU3DClockFreqs=400,300

Then you'd only need to put that into a script somewhere and make sure it's run whenever you start your desktop environment.

Thanks, that worked great.

Hmm... Well, it was working great but it doesn't work with fluxbox's start up script and I had to do:

chmod -w .nvidia-settings-rc

To stop it from overwriting my edits, but I guess having it working the way I want it should be enough.