Downstream bug may be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-cpu-freq-plugin/+bug/977942 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release: 12.04 2) apt-cache policy xfce4-cpufreq-plugin xfce4-cpufreq-plugin: Installed: 1.0.0-4 Candidate: 1.0.0-4 Version table: *** 1.0.0-4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen is secondary click a panel -> Add New Items... -> CPU Frequency Monitor -> Add -> click the created icon -> CPU0 Available Frequencies 800 MHz -> Available Governors Userspace and the governor holds the frequency at 800 MHz. 4) What happens instead is the frequency changes as if not governored at all, and the Available Governor remains ondemand.
WORKAROUND: sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=0 --governor=powersave && sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=1 --governor=powersave && sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=2 --governor=powersave && sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=3 --governor=powersave && sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=4 --governor=powersave && sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=5 --governor=powersave && sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=6 --governor=powersave && sudo cpufreq-selector --cpu=7 --governor=powersave
Bugzilla cleanup, merging duplicates. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3428 ***