Since the error sounds like I simply don't have a CPU that allows for different governors: My CPU is a Core i5 540M, and I could switch between governors effortless in Ubuntu 10.10 on this machine, using the xfce4-governor-plugin.
Playing around a bit, I just now noticed that I'm unable to change the governor "by hand" by writing into /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/scaling_governor: tom@blulap:~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance tom@blulap:~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand tom@blulap:~$ echo powersave > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor bash: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: Permission denied tom@blulap:~$ sudo echo powersave > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor bash: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: Permission denied Could this be the reason, or is this not supposed to work anyhow? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774816 Title: Can't add applet to the panel -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
