Bug#273041: gnome-cpufreq-applet: fails to notice CPU speed change

[Marius Gedminas]

Package: gnome-cpufreq-applet
Version: 0.2.1-1
Severity: normal

I use a 2.4 kernel with the cpufreq patch applied.  I can see the
current CPU speed in /proc/sys/cpu/0/speed.  I can change it by
switching to the userspace governor and echoing the new speed to
/proc/sys/cpu/0/speed.  The change is visible in /proc/sys/cpu/0/speed.

I have added a cpufreq applet to the GNOME panel.  Initially it showed
me the correct CPU speed (666 MHz).  I switched to high speed, and the
applet correctly displayed 864 MHz.  I then switched back to low speed,
but the applet continues to show 864 MHz.  Even after I restarted the
applet (killall gnome-cpufreq-applet; click Yes when the panel proposes
to restart it) it continues to show 864 MHz.

A small C program that uses rdtsc to measure the CPU speed verifies that
the speed is indeed 666 MHz.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-mg
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8

Versions of packages gnome-cpufreq-applet depends on:
ii  gconf2                    2.6.4-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-6       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-3        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.6.2-6        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.6.1-1        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4               2.6.4-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.4.0-1      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.6-2        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0               2.6.1.2-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.6.1.1-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.6.1.1-4      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.6.2-2        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.10-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.10.2-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0        2.6.2-3        Library for GNOME 2 Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.1-2        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Session Management
ii  libxml2                   2.6.11-3       GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.2-1    compression library - runtime

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Marius Gedminas
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