Hi all, I am a fairly recent convert to Suse Linux from Windows and am quite impressed so far, but have an issue which is puzzling me. Please bear in mind that I have no programming or scripting experience at all, so be gentle with me. I am running Suse 10 OSS (fully updated via YOU) on a Dell Dimension 4300, 1.7 Intel P4 Processor, 256Mb Memory, as a non-networked desktop system. For some time now I have been getting the following in /var/log/messages: linux kernel: powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs Jan 28 14:53:18 linux rcpowersaved: CPU frequency scaling is not supported by your processor. linux rcpowersaved: enter 'CPUFREQD_MODULE=off' in /etc/sysconfig/powersave/cpufreq to avoid this warning. linux rcpowersaved: Cannot load cpufreq governors - No cpufreq driver available linux [powersave]: ERROR (CPUFreq_Kernel:21) Can not set ondemand governor, maybe your cpufreq driver is too slow. linux [powersave]: ERROR (CPUFreq_Kernel:23) Try CPUFREQ_CONTROL=userspace in /etc/sysconfig/powersave/cpufreq. linux [powersave]: ERROR (PM_Interface:231) Cannot create cpufreq objects I decided to do as advised and, via Yast, changed CPUFREQ_MODULE to off, and set CPUFREQ_CONTROL to userspace. I didn't know what to do about the ondemand governor, but guessed that this may be connected to the first line, "CPU frequency scaling not supported" After this, on startup, I now get the following in the log: linux [powersave]: ERROR (CPUFreq_Userspace:42) Could not set userspace governor, seems as if the cpufreq_userspace module is not loaded. linux [powersave]: ERROR (read_line:43) Could not open file for reading: '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies' linux [powersave]: ERROR (read_line:43) Could not open file for reading: '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq' linux [powersave]: ERROR (read_value:82) Could not read value in file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq: error: No such file or directory! linux [powersave]: ERROR (read_line:43) Could not open file for reading: '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq' linux [powersave]: ERROR (read_value:82) Could not read value in file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq: error: No such file or directory! linux [powersave]: WARNING (getMinMaxSpeeds:349) Speedstepping not supported! Was the correct cpufreq module loaded? linux [powersave]: WARNING (initFreqsViaTesting:377) Could not read min and max speed linux [powersave]: ERROR (PM_Interface:231) Cannot create cpufreq objects I have looked in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0 and there is nothing in there. I did a Modprobe -v cpufreq_userspace and this was loaded. How would I add this to the system to load on boot? It would appear that in trying to solve two issues, I have created several more. Do I undo the changes made earlier or is there anything else I could do to solve this? The computer and system do not appear to be adversely affected by any of these "errors", apart from very occasionally, probably every fifth or sixth bootups, the bootup process will fail and various things like the firewall and other processes will not start, I then have to reboot and all is well. (This may not be connected with the above at all.) Nothing is indicated in any logs as to why this happens. I hope I have given enough information, if not, please ask and I will try to supply anything further required. Regards Ian