Public bug reported: I upgraded from Meerkat to Natty. Now my laptop is stuck at 800 Mhz instead of the full 1.73 GHz. I am unable to start cpufreq and it will not load on startup:
jason@Inspiron-9300:~$ indicator-cpufreq Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/indicator-cpufreq", line 81, in <module> ind = MyIndicator() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/indicator_cpufreq/indicator.py", line 95, in __init__ self.update_ui() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/indicator_cpufreq/indicator.py", line 106, in update_ui fmin, fmax, governor = cpufreq.get_policy(self.cpus[0]) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/indicator_cpufreq/cpufreq.py", line 143, in get_policy policy = (p.contents.min, p.contents.max, p.contents.governor) ValueError: NULL pointer access jason@Inspiron-9300:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils start * CPUFreq Utilities: Setting ondemand CPUFreq governor... * disabled, governor not available... [ OK ] jason@Inspiron-9300:~$ ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931158 Title: cpufreq will not start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/931158/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs