g-p-m requires twiddling in gconf-editor to for cpufreq to be operable on some machines

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

The default cpufreq policy for gnome-power-manager (8.04) in gconf is "ondemand" for both AC and battery, even on machines where the cpufreq driver does not support the ondemand governor. The GUI option to change the policy is missing, as if cpufreq were not supported at all. On login, g-p-m tries to change the governor to "ondemand" anyway, causing the "performance" governor to be used. Once both policies are changed from "ondemand" to "nothing" in gconf-editor, the patch that fixes Bug #229027 makes frequency scaling work correctly.

[Hanno Stock (hefe_bia) (hanno-stock)]

See also Bug #223812. Powernowd and g-p-m conflict.
The missing GUI option is another thing, so I am leaving this open for g-p-m.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thanks. Setting the gnome-power-manager task to Won't Fix, as all cpufreq code has now been removed from gnome-power-manager in Intrepid.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

because g-p-m in intrepid no longer changes the governor settings, there's no reason for any further changes here in powernowd.