Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:2.6.12.5 Distribution:Debian Sid Hardware Environment:Dell Inspiron 9100 Software Environment:Debian Sid, kernel, 2.6.12.5, Xorg 6.8.2, KDE 3.4.2 Problem Description: Kernel 2.6.12.5 works fine reporting no power management support for this processor as verified by intel. But the new 2.6.13 kernels report that it does and severely slows my computer almost to a grinding halt. The only way I know to stop this would be to remove the built-ins for processor and thermal zone. Although I do not want to do this as I would like to continue to monitor my temperature. Steps to reproduce:
please verify that the fixes in bug 5165 address this issue. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 5165 ***