I'm happy to report that "processor.ignore_ppc=1" seems to have fixed the problem. The output now looks like:
"cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009 Report errors and bugs to cpuf...@vger.kernel.org, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.60 GHz available frequency steps: 1.60 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 1000 MHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.60 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 800 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 1.60 GHz:88,52%, 1.40 GHz:0,06%, 1.30 GHz:0,07%, 1.20 GHz:0,06%, 1.10 GHz:0,08%, 1000 MHz:0,09%, 900 MHz:0,06%, 800 MHz:11,06% (529)" BTW this is a Samsung NC20 with the latest BIOS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/962947 Title: CPU scaled back to very slow speed, cannot increase speed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/962947/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs