Bug#530230: gnome-power-manager: Doesn't honour cpu governor settings in gconf

[vittorio]

Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.24.4-2
Severity: important


Hello

I used to be able to set the cpu governor (ondemand) at gnome startup by 
editing relevant keys in for g-p-m in gconf-editor. 
Since a while, this doesn't work anymore and cpu governor is always set 
at "performance" irrespective of gconf policy.

The only workaround I was able to implement is to hardcode the cpu 
governor setting in /etc/sysfs.conf. Like this:

devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor = ondemand 
devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor = ondemand 

This sets the governor to what I want (ondemand) but still g-p-m is 
unable to change it to anthing else at gnome startup.

The cpufreq applet works fine in the sense that I can change by hand to 
whatever I need.

Still g-p-m does not behave like expected since it appears unable to set 
governor at gnome startup.

As a side note, my laptop tends to overheat and shutdown when stressed, 
so "powersave" is a life-saver.

Regards
Vittorio

-- Package-specific info:
Distro version:       squeeze/sid
Kernel version:       2.6.26-2-686
g-p-m version:        2.24.4
HAL version:          0.5.12
System manufacturer:  missing
System version:       missing
System product:       missing
AC adapter present:   yes
Battery present:      yes
Laptop panel present: no
CPU scaling present:  yes
Battery Information:
  battery.charge_level.current = 23561  (0x5c09)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 63640  (0xf898)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.last_full = 63640  (0xf898)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 37  (0x25)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.rate = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  battery.is_rechargeable = true  (bool)
  battery.model = 'PA3385U'  (string)
  battery.present = true  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false  (bool)
  battery.reporting.current = 1592  (0x638)  (int)
  battery.reporting.design = 4300  (0x10cc)  (int)
  battery.reporting.last_full = 4300  (0x10cc)  (int)
  battery.reporting.rate = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion'  (string)
  battery.reporting.unit = 'mAh'  (string)
  battery.serial = '3658Q'  (string)
  battery.technology = 'lithium-ion'  (string)
  battery.type = 'primary'  (string)
  battery.vendor = 'TOSHIBA'  (string)
  battery.voltage.current = 16513  (0x4081)  (int)
  battery.voltage.design = 14800  (0x39d0)  (int)
  battery.voltage.unit = 'mV'  (string)
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
HAL Process Information:
106       2953  0.1  0.4   6992  4852 ?        Ss   09:21   0:03 /usr/sbin/hald
root      3019  0.0  0.1   3296  1120 ?        S    09:21   0:00  \_ hald-runner
root      3054  0.0  0.1   5256  1800 ?        S    09:21   0:00      \_ hald-ad
root      3089  0.0  0.1   5260  1804 ?        S    09:21   0:00      \_ hald-ad
106       3091  0.0  0.1   5120  1800 ?        S    09:21   0:00      \_ hald-ad

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

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

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii  consolekit   0.3.0-2                     framework for defining and trackin
ii  dbus-x11     1.2.12-1                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2       2.26.0-1                    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  hal          0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libc6        2.9-4                       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2    1.8.6-2+b1                  The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
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  libglade2-0  1:2.6.4-1                   library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.20.0-2                    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-key 2.26.0-4                    GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0  2.26.0-1                    The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomeui-0 2.24.1-1                    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
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  libnotify1 [ 0.4.5-1                     sends desktop notifications to a n
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  libx11-6     2:1.2.1-1                   X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6     2:1.0.4-1                   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2   2:1.3.0-2                   X11 RandR extension library
ii  notification 0.4.0-1                     a daemon that displays passive pop

gnome-power-manager recommends no packages.

gnome-power-manager suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information