cpufreqd/loadcpufreq fails in trusty

[Mark W Wenning]

Install 14.04.5 hwe-t on a node using maas, then install cpufreqd and cpufrequtils.
Then run sudo /etc/init.d/loadcpufreq start .
Fails to start. This happens on an customer system, I will post his output shortly.
I get a similar failure on my system .

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: cpufreqd 2.4.2-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.13.0-115.162-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-115-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 6 18:24:30 2017
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cpufreqd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.cpufreqd.conf: 2017-04-05T19:13:09.632907

[Mark W Wenning (mwenning)]

Customer posted their debug output:
We get an error during:

root@plxtil03:~# /etc/init.d/loadcpufreq start
* Loading cpufreq kernel modules... [fail]

​​​​​Here’s debug output when starting loadcpufreq:

root@plxtil03:~# /etc/init.d/loadcpufreq start
+ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+ NAME=loadcpufreq
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions
+ run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d
+ [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/01-upstart-lsb ]
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/01-upstart-lsb
+ unset UPSTART_SESSION
+ _RC_SCRIPT=/etc/init.d/loadcpufreq
+ [ -r /etc/init//etc/init.d/loadcpufreq.conf ]
+ _UPSTART_JOB=loadcpufreq
+ [ -r /etc/init/loadcpufreq.conf ]
+ [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks ]
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks
+ [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging ]
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging
+ LOG_DAEMON_MSG=
+ FANCYTTY=
+ [ -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ]
+ true
+ [ -f /etc/default/rcS ]
+ . /etc/default/rcS
+ UTC=yes
+ ENABLE=true
+ [ -f /etc/default/loadcpufreq ]
+ set -e
+ [ true = true ]
+ MODPROBE=modprobe -b
+ log_action_begin_msg Loading cpufreq kernel modules
+ log_daemon_msg Loading cpufreq kernel modules...
+ [ -z Loading cpufreq kernel modules... ]
+ log_use_fancy_output
+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
+ [ -t 1 ]
+ [ xxterm-256color != x ]
+ [ xxterm-256color != xdumb ]
+ [ -x /usr/bin/tput ]
+ [ -x /usr/bin/expr ]
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60
+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1
+ [ -z ]
+ FANCYTTY=1
+ true
+ /usr/bin/tput xenl
+ /usr/bin/tput cols
+ COLS=158
+ [ 158 ]
+ [ 158 -gt 6 ]
+ /usr/bin/expr 158 - 7
+ COL=151
+ log_use_plymouth
+ [ n = y ]
+ plymouth --ping
+ printf * Loading cpufreq kernel modules...
 * Loading cpufreq kernel modules... + /usr/bin/expr 158 - 1
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 157
                                                                                                                                                             + printf
 + [ -f /proc/modules ]
+ load_modules
+ /sbin/lsmod
+ awk !/Module/ {print $1}
+ LIST=autofs4
dcdbas
x86_pkg_temp_thermal
coretemp
kvm_intel
kvm
crct10dif_pclmul
crc32_pclmul
aesni_intel
aes_x86_64
lrw
gf128mul
glue_helper
ablk_helper
cryptd
dm_multipath
scsi_dh
joydev
shpchp
ipmi_si
acpi_power_meter
mac_hid
lp
parport
nfsd
auth_rpcgss
nfs_acl
nfs
lockd
sunrpc
fscache
hid_generic
usbhid
hid
i40e
igb
i2c_algo_bit
vxlan
dca
ip_tunnel
ptp
ahci
megaraid_sas
pps_core
libahci
+ uname -r
+ LOC=/lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/kernel/drivers/cpufreq
+ [ -d /lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/kernel/drivers/cpufreq ]
+ + find /lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/kernel/drivers/cpufreq -type f -name cpufreq_*.o -printf basename %f .o\n
/bin/sh
+ find /lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/kernel/drivers/cpufreq -type f -name cpufreq_*.ko -printf basename %f .ko\n
+ MODAVAIL=
+ uname -m
+ [ x86_64 = ppc ]
+ [ ! = ]
+ load_detected_cpufreq_modules
+ CPUINFO=/proc/cpuinfo
+ IOPORTS=/proc/ioports
+ [ ! -f /proc/cpuinfo ]
+ grep ^model name /proc/cpuinfo
+ head -1
+ sed -e s/^.*: //;
+ MODEL_NAME=Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6152 CPU @ 2.10GHz
+ grep+ -...

[Jerry Clement (jerry-clement)]

Data request by Mark Wenning from R640 at Dell
Please find attached the /var/log output and rdmsr output in txt file
regards,
Jerry Clement

[Jerry Clement (jerry-clement)]

rdmsr-output.txt attached
Can only attach one file per comment? ok.
--Jerry