synaptic just wanted to remove the "broken" linux headers for the 3.3 kernel... so I let it and rebooted. Scaling still not working.
I've booted into another old kernel and for now it seems to be working, (though in this case working means "going at full power and never backing down" which is better for me than trying to run on half my CPU's cores. (for ref:) uptime; uname -r; cpufreq-info 11:54:03 up 6 min, 2 users, load average: 5.50, 4.39, 2.10 2.6.31-23-generic cpufrequtils 006: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009 Report errors and bugs to cpuf...@vger.kernel.org, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.20 GHz available frequency steps: 1.20 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.20 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 1.20 GHz:100.00%, 800 MHz:0.00% (1) analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.20 GHz available frequency steps: 1.20 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.20 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 1.20 GHz:100.00%, 800 MHz:0.00% -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951673 Title: CPU Frequency Scaling broken ? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/951673/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs