I am also affected by this. CPU's slow to respond to increased demand while in On Demand mode set by Frequency Scaling applet. Resulting in applications greying out for a few moments.
I am going to try the fix posted by Rocko ********* Modifying /etc/init.d/ondemand (this sets both CPUs' up threshold to 40): echo -n ondemand > $CPUFREQ # set a more aggressive upscale factor. This should set both cpu0 and cpu1 echo -n 40 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold ********* Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 AMD Turion X2 64 32 bit OS 3 GB RAM uname -a Linux UUE-2-laptop 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux -- ondemand cpufreq governor reacts too slowly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326149 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs