Are you positive "chmod" disabled it? I believe powermod may be sourced in /etc/init.d/powernowd.early, which does not require the file to be executable. This is what I did in my powernowd instead:
--- /etc/init.d/powernowd 2007/05/09 06:32:08 1.3 +++ /etc/init.d/powernowd 2007/05/09 06:37:07 @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ set -e load_modules() { + # disable powernowd because it's causing crashes on ST20G5 with + # the on-board video + return 0 + #stop the kernel printk'ing at all while we load. PRINTK=`cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk` [ "$VERBOSE" = no ] && echo "1 1 1 1" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk @@ -104,6 +108,10 @@ } start() { + # disable powernowd because it's causing crashes on ST20G5 with + # the on-board video + return 0 + log_begin_msg "Starting $DESC... " if use_ondemand then -- System freeze with white screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46470 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs