Yes the speed ramps up after a *while* - i.e. at least a minute. It ramps up to 1.8GHz (90% of full speed).
$ grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_[dg]* /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver:powernow-k8 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor:conservative I don't think conservative has the right behaviour for plugged-in operation. When I'm plugged in, I want my processor to ramp up *immediatly*. This behaviour is more suited to batter operation, and even then, it will disappoint people... -- 'ondemand' failing under Feisty on Turion64 (Acer Ferrari 4005) https://launchpad.net/bugs/80813 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs