I hit this bug after upgrading an IBM Thinkpad T22, and I can confirm that gatopeich's fixed /etc/init.d/powernowd file appears to have fixed it.
-- [hardy] Regression: powernowd no longer works with some chipsets https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223812 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs