[Bug 780104] New: cpufreq-selector missing from gnome-applets
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c0 Summary: cpufreq-selector missing from gnome-applets Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: atz3@yahoo.ca QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.22+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Chromium/17.0.963.56 Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.22+ SUSE/12.2 (3.4.2) Epiphany/3.4.2 I checked the latest build I could find which appears to be gnome-applets-3.5.1 and I found it here, linking the spec: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=gnome-applets.spec&package=gnome-applets&project=GNOME%3ANext&rev=745ce2396861a2c74f7ff8af3d06b2f4 I havent looked for a newer build for suse, but comparing the changes with what *seems* to be the same version from fedoras builds which I found here: http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora/devel/rawhide/x86_64/g/gnome-applets-3.... It is clear that cpufreq-selector is missing or has been removed for some reason. I've searched around but to no avail, I know there are other methods that can be used to set the governor like cpufreq-set from the cpufreq-utils package, but there are other functions of cpufreq-selector which are desired such as the modal prompt for root password. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install openSuse 12.2 Gnome 3.4 2. Install gnome-applets if it isn't installed already 3. Open terminal and run cpufreq-selector Actual Results: cpufreq-selector can not be found Expected Results: cpufreq-selector should be present in package gnome-applets -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c1 Bjørn Lie <zaitor@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |zaitor@opensuse.org --- Comment #1 from Bjørn Lie <zaitor@opensuse.org> 2012-09-13 00:01:27 CEST --- This was done on purpose a quite a few years ago,
From Changelog:
* to. mai 28 2009 vuntz@novell.com - Pass --disable-frequency-selector to configure: we don't want to have a frequency selector, since we prefer to let the kernel do the right thing. --- -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c2 --- Comment #2 from C Rob <atz3@yahoo.ca> 2012-09-12 22:45:15 UTC --- Well, since the kernel does not seem to do the right thing in certain use cases, perhaps it would be better to address that bug. But, does the above mean that suse is the only distro rolling around with this change applied? If that is the case, perhaps it would be possible to just reimpliment that specific gnome-applet for suse?? As for a use case where the kernel doesn't set the appropriate freq, one example is: User launches media player to watch movie, it uses 100% cpu @ the lowest freq and the freq jumps to the highest, it then stays at the highest freq for a few minutes and reverts back to the lowest. In reality it seems logical that it should stay at the highest freq, as when it goes back to the lowest it remains there for most of the time. My casual solution to that problem, since it causes movies to lag, is to use cpufreq-set from the cpufreq-utils package to set the governor. If the above is true perhaps cpufreq-utils should have also been disabled. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c3 --- Comment #3 from Vincent Untz <vuntz@suse.com> 2012-09-13 06:26:49 UTC --- I think there were two reasons for disabling this applet: a) it was installed with a suid bit. It's now possible to use polkit, though. b) I'm nearly sure the kernel people recommend to let the kernel do its job. Might be worth filing a bug for your use case. Anyway, I wouldn't be opposed to re-enabling the applet if built with polkit instead of the suid bit. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED CC| |dimstar@opensuse.org AssignedTo|bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo. |dimstar@opensuse.org |novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c4 --- Comment #4 from Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> 2012-09-16 11:53:50 UTC --- Enabling it is rather simple; but for a maintenance update, it will become tough: [ 250s] gnome-applets.x86_64: E: suse-dbus-unauthorized-service (Badness: 10000) /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector.service [ 250s] gnome-applets.x86_64: E: suse-dbus-unauthorized-service (Badness: 10000) /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector.conf [ 250s] The package installs a DBUS system service file. If the package is intended [ 250s] for inclusion in any SUSE product please open a bug report to request review [ 250s] of the service by the security team. So before this can fly out, we'll need to get a security review on top of this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c5 Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |maintenance@opensuse.org --- Comment #5 from Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> 2012-09-16 11:55:10 UTC --- @maintenance: is this something we should consider doing? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c6 Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |meissner@suse.com --- Comment #6 from Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com> 2012-09-16 15:56:44 UTC --- The concerns of Vincent and the kernel team still stand. addition would require audit by security team, and the thing should be done in factory first (and then backmerged to 12.2). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c7 --- Comment #7 from Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com> 2012-09-19 11:59:03 UTC --- (this means that the maintenance team does nbasically the technical level ... for such design queries we would like to defer to the teams that do this stuff, e.g. Kernel and GNOME here.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depends on| |781569 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c8 Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|maintenance@opensuse.org | Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #8 from Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org> 2012-11-05 16:52:55 UTC --- I see too many Ifs in this bug, which does not warrant for a sane online update: - the ones in comment #3 - Security audit still pending - upstream is likely to drop gnome-applets not too far in the future (there was already no 3.6.0 release and discussion for removal from 3.8 is ongoing.) Pushing out a maintenance update sounds counter-productive... sorry :( I suggest to raise the remaining issues to the kernel, which is supposed to do "the right thing(tm)" -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780104#c Bug 780104 depends on bug 781569, which changed state. Bug 781569 Summary: AUDIT-0: gnome-applets for GNOME 3.6 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781569 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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