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powernowd package

  1. Bug #48792
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 48792

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Dave Hope (dave-davehope) wrote : Re: [Bug 48792] Re: freezes pc when launched

Samrium,

Any tips on how to disable it during install ? - My system dies when
booting off the Install CD (Just as X starts up) Can't figure out a
boot option to disable it.

Simple to disable once install, but with a read only cd i'm stuck :)

Cheers,

Dave

On 24/04/07, samarium <email address hidden> wrote:
> I can confirm also powernowd is the culprit for a Gigabyte GA-K8NSXNP
> motherboard, AMD 64 3200+/2.2GHz. I think I disabled it when I
> installed Dapper, and haven't had a problem since, but would like to
> reduce power consumption. It was a bastard initially troubleshooting.,
> had to disabled lots of stuff until I found powernowd. If you want to
> actually do something about it, I'm happy to build kernels & test, I
> think it freezes when powernowd asks the kernel to change the processor
> speed.
>
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> freezes pc when launched
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48792
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