Well that was indeed the problem. Once the custom kernel was running, with the CPU frequency throttling simply and basically turned on, there was no more problem. The low frequency and power saving governors ran perfectly.
On the other hand I had no more Wi-Fi. 'Going to try to solve that one now. ** Attachment added: "Kernel misconfigured!" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26430190/Screenshot-Linux%20Kernel%20v2.6.28.9%20Configuration%202.png -- cpu frequency scaling monitor does not change frequency in Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) alpha 5 on Core 2 system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337780 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-applets in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs