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Cpu scaling (now) not working.. what happened?

Asked by karlpiuemeno

I don't know what happened... but now amd cool&quiet isn't working in my gutsy.

If I try with: sudo powernowd.... I have this error:
powernowd: PowerNow Daemon v0.97, (c) 2003-2006 John Clemens
powernowd: Found 1 scalable unit: -- 1 'CPU' per scalable unit
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq: No such file or directory

PowerNowd encountered and error and could not start.
Please make sure that:
 - You are running a v2.6.7 kernel or later
 - That you have sysfs mounted /sys
 - That you have the core cpufreq and cpufreq-userspace
   modules loaded into your kernel
 - That you have the cpufreq driver for your cpu loaded,
   (for example: powernow-k7), and that it works. Check
   'dmesg' for errors.
If all of the above are true, and you still have problems,
please email the author: <email address hidden>

If I install powersaved, launch powersaved...remove powersaved and reinstall powernowd, it works!.. but as I reboot, powernowd turns back to not work......
Something is missing...

if I try: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq
cat: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq: Nessun file o directory

(no file or directory)

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Massimo Forti (slackwarelife) said : 		#1

Thanks for your question. Can you post the result of lspci. After can you specify you ubuntu version. Thanks many

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karlpiuemeno (karlpiuemeno) said : 		#2

(il tuo nome mi dice che sei italiano :D uso ubuntu 7.10, e sotto ho messo il risultato di lspci)

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy
lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AS [Radeon 9550]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AS [Radeon 9550] (Secondary)
02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61)
02:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
02:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

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Massimo Forti (slackwarelife) said : 		#3

Si sono italiano, se preferisci utilizziamo la nostra lingua.

in attesa di tuo riscontro in merito sto cercando una soluzione :)

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Massimo Forti (slackwarelife) said : 		#4

da terminale digita il seguente comando

 dmesg | grep powernow

posta il risultato. Hai un AMD 64 bit con tecnologia C’nQ, devo capire se viene letto il modulo relativo. Grazie e ciao

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karlpiuemeno (karlpiuemeno) said : 		#5

provando questo comando, non spunta nulla..... sia come utente sia come root....

nel frattempo ho provato reinstallando il pacchetto ubuntu-desktop (non si sa mai che per strada si era perso qualcosa) ma niente da fare.. il problema non si risolve...

ho provato a rimuovere virtualbox (non si sa mai di una incompatibilità di moduli) ma niente, non cambia nulla....

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karlpiuemeno (karlpiuemeno) said : 		#6

Niente, problema risolto: ho reinstallato ubuntu e buonanotte.. tanto la home ce l'avevo a parte.. in pochi minuti tutto rimesso come prima :)

grazie lo stesso, ciau!