--- powernowd	2008-05-09 12:13:43.182226482 -0700
+++ /etc/init.d/powernowd	2008-05-09 12:21:12.201704089 -0700
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
 	    if [ $status != 0 ]; then
 		return $status
 	    fi
+	    if [ "`cat ${x}cpufreq/scaling_governor`" != "ondemand" ]; then
+	    	return 1
+	    fi
 	    # The default behaviour of powernowd is to ignore nice load:
 	    if [ -f $x"cpufreq/ondemand/ignore_nice_load" ]; then
 	        echo -n 1 > $x"cpufreq/ondemand/ignore_nice_load"