governors available but not applied

[Jérôme]

admin_seulement@B:~$ sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance
admin_seulement@B:~$ sudo cpufreq-set -g conservative
admin_seulement@B:~$ sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
performance
admin_seulement@B:~$ sudo cpufreq-set -g ondemand
admin_seulement@B:~$ sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
performance
admin_seulement@B:~$ sudo cpufreq-set -g powersave
admin_seulement@B:~$ sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
powersave
admin_seulement@B:~$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: cpufrequtils 008-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sat Jul 19 15:38:18 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-28 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
SourcePackage: cpufrequtils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Shahar Or (mightyiam)]

Is this still a thing, please?

[Jérôme (jerome-bouat)]

It still occurs.