[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2013-01-14 Thread Colin King
@Severin, I can't answer your question without looking at your firmware. Can you open a new bug for this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW suppo

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2013-01-14 Thread Severin Heiniger
@Colin: I was experiencing exactly the same problem on fresh installations of Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 on my HP EliteBook 6930p. $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/bios_limit 80 $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_driver acpi-cpufreq acpi-cpufreq Your suggestion in comme

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2012-09-18 Thread Colin King
I've not had any feedback for several months, so I'm closing this bug. Please open a new one if the problem persists. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2012-03-23 Thread Colin King
@Marcello, did the above workaround help? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum To manage notifications about this bug go to: http

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2012-03-06 Thread Colin King
Can you try the following: Edit /etc/default/grub (you need to do this using root privilege) and change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash processor.ignore_ppc=1" and then run: sudo update-grub and reboot. Maybe this will work around the is

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-12-06 Thread Marcello Romani
** Attachment added: "Output of dmidecode (run as root)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/856233/+attachment/2621628/+files/dmidecode.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-12-06 Thread Colin King
@Alex Hung, any idea of why this is happening? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-12-06 Thread Marcello Romani
I've booted the system with processor.ignore_ppc=1 on ubuntu 11.10 x64. The problem still shows. Details follow. root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# cat /etc/lsb-rel

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-12-02 Thread Marcello Romani
I have tried the processor.ignore_ppc=1 kernel option, without changing any BIOS settings, but the problem remains as before. I have made this attempt on the original 10.04 LTS version installed on the HD. I'll also try with the latest live CD... # uname -a Linux davide-desktop 2.6.32-36-generic

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-11-29 Thread Colin King
Marcello, can you try the kernel option: processor.ignore_ppc=1 ..and see if this helps or not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maxi

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-11-14 Thread Marcello Romani
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10" ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /sys/d

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-11-11 Thread Marcello Romani
Sorry for my late reply. I'll try 11.04 and/or 11.10 on monday (I'm not near the system right now). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported m

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-11-10 Thread Colin King
Hi Marcello. Any updates on the system in question? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum To manage notifications about this bug g

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-10-03 Thread Marcello Romani
As I said in my previous comment, I tried 11.04 on the other system wher I see this bug (linked some comments ago). On that system I updated the bios, but the problem was not solved. I plan to try today 11.04 on the system this bug is about. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-30 Thread Colin King
Marcello, I'm really puzzled now, it seems that the bios_limit is really low - I will look at the driver again, but my conclusion so far that the BIOS settings are the root cause to your problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-30 Thread Marcello Romani
Ooops Sorry, I booted 11.04 into the other PC where I'm seeing the bug... (To be honest they're almost identical). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-30 Thread Marcello Romani
oot@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Ti

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-30 Thread Marcello Romani
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/bios_limit 80 root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-30 Thread Marcello Romani
Ok, I will ASAP. Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launc

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-30 Thread Colin King
Hi Marcello, I must say, I'm a little puzzled by this too. I cannot see any _PSS, _PSD objects in the ACPI tables, which seem to be required for the acpi cpufreq driver to work, so either acpidump is not getting all the tables (unlikely) or I've misunderstood the driver. I believe natty and late

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-29 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-25 Thread Marcello Romani
acpi-cpufreq acpi-cpufreq -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-23 Thread Colin King
Can you tell me what the output from the following command is: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-23 Thread Marcello Romani
** Attachment added: "sudo acpidump > acpidump.dat" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/856233/+attachment/2445455/+files/acpidump.dat -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-22 Thread Colin King
@Marcello, I suspect the ACPI _PSS object may be wrongly listing the maximum allowed CPU frequencies. Can you attach the output from: sudo acpidump > acpidump.dat Thanks ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-22 Thread Marcello Romani
>From the other system I was talking about I reported a bug too: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/856375 To maintainers: feel free to mark one of the two bugs as duplicate of the other. I reported both for completeness, hoping more info would help the dev team... -- You rece

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-22 Thread Marcello Romani
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-22 Thread Marcello Romani
I have another system which is similar to this one and has the same "bug". The maximum CPU frequency is reached only if I disable the cpu frequency scaling in the BIOS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.laun

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-22 Thread Brad Figg
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum To manage notifications about

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-22 Thread Marcello Romani
This might be a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi/+bug/95198 (it is anyway related to that bug). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency