On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:23:50AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > Am Freitag, den 04.06.2010, 06:56 +0900 schrieb Mattia Dongili: > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:48:31PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 03.06.2010, 21:19 +0900 schrieb Mattia Dongili: > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 10:37:34PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > $ more /proc/cpuinfo > > > > > processor : 0 > > > > > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > > > > > cpu family : 6 > > > > > model : 6 > > > > > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ > > > > > stepping : 2 > > > > > cpu MHz : 1395.989 > > > > > > > > it looks like the cpufreq driver (as opposed to the governor) didn't get > > > > loaded. > > > > Can you check if you see any error in the kernel log (dmesg) that might > > > > be related (feel free to send over the whole output from dmesg). > > > > > > I did not spot anything. But please see yourself. > > > > > > > Or you can try: > > > > $ modprobe powernow-k7 > > > > > > $ sudo modprobe powernow-k7 > > > FATAL: Error inserting powernow_k7 > > > (/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.ko): > > > No such device ... > > can you double check if you have the cool'n'quiet feature enabled in the > > BIOS configuration? > > I just looked at the BIOS options, but I could not find it. :( So I do > not know if this feature is enabled. The board is a Syntax SV266A [1–3].
Looking at the links you sent it seems like the bios doesn't support cool'n'quiet. Not sure to be honest what can be done here, did you ever have cpufreq working on this motherboard? Did you try upgrading the bios to the latest version? Seems like a kernel side issue but if the bios doesn't support it, there is not really much you can do... -- mattia :wq!
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