cpufreq-selector not working after update to Ubuntu 9.10

[Charon]

Binary package hint: gnome-applets

It seems that after the update I have no longer the rights as a user to set the CPU frequency. The applet ignores setting the frequency or the governor with my mouse.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 6b302700689f45b5d1182760a259b919
CheckboxSystem: 331fbefb4b1f6727f4a8261fee7507c9
Date: Sat Dec 26 22:29:18 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-applets 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-applets
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

does it work if you set the governor by hand trough the console? maybe it's a driver issue.

[Charon (charon030)]

In the meantime I realized, that I am not asked to enter my password when I try to set the frequency. However, this was the case for Ubuntu 9.04.

Yes, I can set it in the console with sudo. But as user I get the message:

Failed to acquire org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector: Connection ":1.62" is not allowed to own the service "org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector" due to security policies in the configuration file

[Charon (charon030)]

Works again in 10.04. Thanks!