GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 320296
cpufreq applet only pushes frequencies up, never down
Last modified: 2005-11-12 16:20:05 UTC
Version details: gnome-applets-2.12.1-2 Distribution/Version: Fedora Core Devel (Raw Hide), 31.10.2005 Once you've used the cpufreq applet to raise frequencies, they never go down, either automatically or when you try to use the frequency menu. This lowers the value of the applet a lot See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=164147 for several people reporting the same problem
I've just notoced this interetgin bit in /var/log/secure : - When asking for 2,2 GHz : Nov 12 16:05:19 rousalka userhelper[17254]: running '/usr/sbin/cpufreq-selector -f 6476944' with root privileges on behalf of 'nim' - When asking for 1 GHz Nov 12 16:06:32 rousalka userhelper[17268]: running '/usr/sbin/cpufreq-selector -f 6539776' with root privileges on behalf of 'nim' So it seems the root of the problem is the applet calling /usr/sbin/cpufreq-selector with bogus parameters
After more testing, the bug is in one small patch Red Hat uses -> closing