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CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor Applet does not allow me to change CPU Frequency
(Ubuntu 8.10)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356208
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cpu MHz : 800.000
In other words, I (logged in as amrith, not the root user, not an
administrator) am able to use cpufreq-selector to update the scaling.
And it works because cpufreq-selector has been setuid'ed correctly.
On the other hand, the CPU performance applet does not give
As the bloke who entered this bug, I am marking it new. The explanation
is below. Maybe it is a bug in some other part of the system, maybe it
is not. I'll let someone else make that decision.
(a) The CPU Frequency scaling applet works as expected. You don't need
to setuid on cpufreq-selector
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-applets
I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 and the gnome-applets as below
apt-cache policy gnome-applets
gnome-applets:
Installed: 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com
