Public bug reported: I own a Core Duo 2 desktop system with an Abit AW9D-Max motherboard. The content on /proc/cpuinfo is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 600.000 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 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 syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 4900.54 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 600.000 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 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 syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 4897.17 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: The problem is that the detection of the available CPU frequencies seems to be broken as reported by the following /sys/ files: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver acpi-cpufreq /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 900000 600000 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor conservative /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq 900000 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq 600000 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_driver acpi-cpufreq /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 900000 600000 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor conservative /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq 900000 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq 600000 ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- frequency scaling / detection broken on this box https://launchpad.net/bugs/85814 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs