I also have a similar problem - changing settings through the indicator on a dual core system only changes the freq of the first CPU. Here's the output of my /cat/proc/cpuinfo if i change the indicator to 2Ghz (for example): processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2000.000 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow bogomips : 3990.34 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow bogomips : 3990.22 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: and here is the output of cpufreq-info: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.00 GHz available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 2.00 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 2.00 GHz. cpufreq stats: 2.00 GHz:1.51%, 1.67 GHz:0.07%, 1.33 GHz:0.09%, 1000 MHz:98.33% (86493) analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.00 GHz available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 2.00 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1000 MHz. cpufreq stats: 2.00 GHz:0.17%, 1.67 GHz:0.00%, 1.33 GHz:0.00%, 1000 MHz:99.83% (113) It would be easier if the indicator could use one setting for both CPUs (perhaps offer a checkbox/setting "Use same frequence on all CPUs")... I hope you have time to work on this, I'm loving the indicator.