Current frequency not being updated

[Tony Lewis]

Since upgrading to Xubuntu 17.10, this plugin does not show the real time current frequency, but is locked at (for me) 2.60GHz.

I poked around the source, and the /sys paths that the plugin uses (specifically "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%i/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq") are present and when I cat them, show the current frequency.

The intel_pstate module is present (built into the kernel) and not disabled in GRUB.

I ran inotifywait over /sys/devices/system/cpu and can verify that the plugin is reading from the entries there. Output is attached. The output was captured from when the plugin was added to a panel. It does not attempt to read scaling_cpu_freq.

[Tony Lewis (tonylewis)]

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 17.10
Release: 17.10

$ apt-cache policy xfce4-cpufreq-plugin
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin:
  Installed: 1.1.3-1
  Candidate: 1.1.3-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.3-1 500
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Tony Lewis (tonylewis)]

This is now fixed for me, I noticed just now. Dpkg tells me the package hasn't changed. I just rebooted with a kernel upgrade to 4.13.0-39-generic, but I don't know if it that was the trigger for it starting to work again or not. I haven't checked it for months.

I won't close yet, I'll wait for some 'me too's

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

Any news on this one? Did you test with 18.04 yet?

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Reportedly fixed. Marking as resolved.