Same issue here, just a fresh install of cpufreqd .... removed when crashed xD yeradis@EXOPG06411:~$ sudo apt-get install cpufreqd cpufrequtils indicator-cpufreq Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 libcpufreq0 The following NEW packages will be installed: cpufreqd cpufrequtils gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 indicator-cpufreq libcpufreq0 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 171 kB of archives. After this operation, 1.279 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe libcpufreq0 amd64 008-1 [13,7 kB] Get:2 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe cpufreqd amd64 2.4.2-2 [80,4 kB] Get:3 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe cpufrequtils amd64 008-1 [39,2 kB] Get:4 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 amd64 12.10.1daily13.04.15-0ubuntu1 [3.716 B] Get:5 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe indicator-cpufreq all 0.2.2-0ubuntu1 [33,7 kB] Fetched 171 kB in 0s (191 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package libcpufreq0. (Reading database ... 191133 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libcpufreq0 (from .../libcpufreq0_008-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package cpufreqd. Unpacking cpufreqd (from .../cpufreqd_2.4.2-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package cpufrequtils. Unpacking cpufrequtils (from .../cpufrequtils_008-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1. Unpacking gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 (from .../gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1_12.10.1daily13.04.15-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package indicator-cpufreq. Unpacking indicator-cpufreq (from .../indicator-cpufreq_0.2.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Setting up libcpufreq0 (008-1) ... Setting up cpufreqd (2.4.2-2) ... * Starting CPU Frequency daemon cpufreqd *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/cpufreqd terminated ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x5c)[0x7fef357b65cc] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x110560)[0x7fef357b5560] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x110b04)[0x7fef357b5b04] /usr/sbin/cpufreqd(main+0x308)[0x402bb8] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5)[0x7fef356c6ea5] /usr/sbin/cpufreqd[0x403c9d] ======= Memory map: ======== 00400000-0040b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 800019 /usr/sbin/cpufreqd 0060a000-0060b000 r--p 0000a000 08:01 800019 /usr/sbin/cpufreqd 0060b000-0060c000 rw-p 0000b000 08:01 800019 /usr/sbin/cpufreqd 024a3000-024c4000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] 7fef3548f000-7fef354a3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2756368 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 7fef354a3000-7fef356a3000 ---p 00014000 08:01 2756368 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 7fef356a3000-7fef356a4000 r--p 00014000 08:01 2756368 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 7fef356a4000-7fef356a5000 rw-p 00015000 08:01 2756368 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 7fef356a5000-7fef35863000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2756343 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so 7fef35863000-7fef35a62000 ---p 001be000 08:01 2756343 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so 7fef35a62000-7fef35a66000 r--p 001bd000 08:01 2756343 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so 7fef35a66000-7fef35a68000 rw-p 001c1000 08:01 2756343 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so 7fef35a68000-7fef35a6d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fef35a6d000-7fef35a72000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 800015 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0 7fef35a72000-7fef35c71000 ---p 00005000 08:01 800015 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0 7fef35c71000-7fef35c72000 r--p 00004000 08:01 800015 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0 7fef35c72000-7fef35c73000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 800015 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0 7fef35c73000-7fef35c76000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2756358 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so 7fef35c76000-7fef35e75000 ---p 00003000 08:01 2756358 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so 7fef35e75000-7fef35e76000 r--p 00002000 08:01 2756358 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so 7fef35e76000-7fef35e77000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 2756358 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so 7fef35e77000-7fef35e9a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2756319 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.17.so 7fef3607e000-7fef36081000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fef36096000-7fef36099000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fef36099000-7fef3609a000 r--p 00022000 08:01 2756319 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.17.so 7fef3609a000-7fef3609c000 rw-p 00023000 08:01 2756319 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.17.so 7fff94738000-7fff94759000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack] 7fff947fe000-7fff94800000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vsyscall] Aborted (core dumped) invoke-rc.d: initscript cpufreqd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing cpufreqd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134 Setting up cpufrequtils (008-1) ... * Loading cpufreq kernel modules... [ OK ] * CPUFreq Utilities: Setting ondemand CPUFreq governor... * CPU0... * CPU1... [ OK ] Setting up gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 (12.10.1daily13.04.15-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up indicator-cpufreq (0.2.2-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Errors were encountered while processing: cpufreqd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) yeradis@EXOPG06411:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge cpufreqd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: cpufreqd* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 313 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... 191268 files and directories currently installed.) Removing cpufreqd ... * Stopping CPU Frequency daemon cpufreqd [ OK ] Purging configuration files for cpufreqd ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for man-db ...