Bug#488499: cpufreq-applet: frequency and governor selection does not change anything

Raphael Bossek bossekr at debian.org
Mon Jun 1 05:27:44 UTC 2009


Package: gnome-applets
Version: 2.24.3.1-2+b1
Severity: normal

tag 488499 -moreinfo

Hi,

using cpufreq-set/cpufreq-selector (from cpufrequtils package) works fine as
root user.
The cpufreq-applet show those all available options right, but selecting
them does nothing change.
Please refer also to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-cpufreq-applet/+bug/117105if
there are any usefull inforation to catch this problem. If further
information are required please
let me know. Here are some:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 15
model name    : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7700  @ 2.40GHz
stepping    : 10
cpu MHz        : 800.000
cache size    : 4096 KB
physical id    : 0
siblings    : 2
core id        : 0
cpu cores    : 2
apicid        : 0
initial apicid    : 0
fdiv_bug    : no
hlt_bug        : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 10
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc
arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
ida
bogomips    : 4792.93
clflush size    : 64
power management:

processor    : 1
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 15
model name    : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7700  @ 2.40GHz
stepping    : 10
cpu MHz        : 800.000
cache size    : 4096 KB
physical id    : 0
siblings    : 2
core id        : 1
cpu cores    : 2
apicid        : 1
initial apicid    : 1
fdiv_bug    : no
hlt_bug        : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 10
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc
arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
ida
bogomips    : 4787.95
clflush size    : 64
power management:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-vserver-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-applets depends on:
ii  gconf2       2.26.0-1                    GNOME configuration database
syste
ii  gnome-applet 2.24.3.1-2                  Various applets for GNOME 2
panel
ii  gnome-icon-t 2.24.0-4                    GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-panel  2.24.3-1+b1                 launcher and docking facility
for
ii  gstreamer0.1 0.10.23-2                   GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.1 0.10.10.3-1                 GStreamer plugins from the
"bad" s
ii  gstreamer0.1 0.10.15-1                   GStreamer plugins from the
"good"
ii  gvfs         1.2.2-2                     userspace virtual filesystem -
ser
ii  libapm1      3.2.2-12                    Library for interacting with
APM d
ii  libatk1.0-0  1.26.0-1                    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonoboui2 2.24.1-1                    The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6        2.9-12                      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcpufreq0  005-1                       shared library to deal with the
cp
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.2.12-1                    simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii  libdbus-glib 0.80-4                      simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii  libgconf2-4  2.26.0-1                    GNOME configuration database
syste
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2                    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-des 2.26.1-1                    Utility library for loading
.deskt
ii  libgnome2-0  2.26.0-1                    The GNOME library - runtime
files
ii  libgnomekbd3 2.24.0-3                    GNOME library to manage
keyboard c
ii  libgnomeui-0 2.24.1-1                    The GNOME 2 libraries (User
Interf
ii  libgstreamer 0.10.23-2                   GStreamer libraries from the
"base
ii  libgstreamer 0.10.23-1                   Core GStreamer libraries and
eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0  2.16.1-2                    The GTK+ graphical user
interface
ii  libgtop2-7   2.24.3-1                    gtop system monitoring library
ii  libgucharmap 1:2.24.3-1                  Unicode browser widget library
(sh
ii  libgweather1 2.26.1-1                    GWeather shared library
ii  libhal1      0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer -
share
ii  libnotify1 [ 0.4.5-1                     sends desktop notifications to
a n
ii  liboobs-1-4  2.22.0-2                    GObject based interface to
system-
ii  libpanel-app 2.24.3-1+b1                 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0- 1.24.0-3+b1                 Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii  libpolkit-db 0.9-3                       library for accessing PolicyKit
vi
ii  libpolkit2   0.9-3                       library for accessing PolicyKit
ii  libwnck22    2.24.2-2                    Window Navigator Construction
Kit
ii  libx11-6     2:1.2.1-1                   X11 client-side library
ii  libxklavier1 3.9-1                       X Keyboard Extension high-level
AP
ii  libxml2      2.7.3.dfsg-1                GNOME XML library
ii  python       2.5.4-2                     An interactive high-level
object-o

Versions of packages gnome-applets recommends:
ii  cpufrequtils                 005-1       utilities to deal with the
cpufreq
ii  deskbar-applet               2.24.3-1+b2 universal search and navigation
ba
ii  gnome-media                  2.24.0.1-3  GNOME media utilities
ii  gnome-netstatus-applet       2.12.2-1    Network status applet for GNOME
2
ii  gnome-system-monitor         2.24.4-1    Process viewer and system
resource
ii  policykit-gnome              0.9.2-2     GNOME dialogs for PolicyKit
ii  python-gnome2                2.26.1-1    Python bindings for the GNOME
desk

Versions of packages gnome-applets suggests:
ii  acpid                         1.0.10-2   Utilities for using ACPI power
man
pn  tomboy                        <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  gnome-applets/cpufreq_SUID_bit: false
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