Seems to not be creating essential files /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver: No such file or directory

[Sgaytor]

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• If installation failed with auto-cpufreq-installer,have you tried installing auto-cpufreq using Snap package?
• Have you tried configuring auto-cpufreq?
• Have you tried suggestions in troubleshooting section?

Error output:

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[ryanh@rpc-nb ~]$ sudo auto-cpufreq --install
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/bin/auto-cpufreq", line 4, in <module>
    __import__('pkg_resources').run_script('auto-cpufreq==1.9.7+1c9ff32a.post1.dirty', 'auto-cpufreq')
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 672, in run_script
    self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1479, in run_script
    exec(script_code, namespace, namespace)
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/auto_cpufreq-1.9.7+1c9ff32a.post1.dirty-py3.11.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/auto-cpufreq", line 226, in <module>
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/auto_cpufreq-1.9.7+1c9ff32a.post1.dirty-py3.11.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/auto-cpufreq", line 202, in main
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/auto_cpufreq-1.9.7+1c9ff32a.post1.dirty-py3.11.egg/auto_cpufreq/core.py", line 441, in gov_check
  File "/opt/auto-cpufreq/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/auto_cpufreq-1.9.7+1c9ff32a.post1.dirty-py3.11.egg/auto_cpufreq/core.py", line 260, in get_avail_gov
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/pathlib.py", line 1058, in read_text
    with self.open(mode='r', encoding=encoding, errors=errors) as f:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/pathlib.py", line 1044, in open
    return io.open(self, mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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System information:

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auto-cpufreq --debug
sudo auto-cpufreq --debug

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Linux distro: Nobara Linux 37 Thirty Seven
Linux kernel: 6.0.18-301.fsync.fc37.x86_64
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
Cores: 16
Architecture: x86_64
Driver: cat: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver: No such file or directory

------------------------------ Current CPU stats ------------------------------

CPU max frequency: 0 MHz
CPU min frequency: 0 MHz

Core	Usage	Temperature	Frequency
CPU0:	  0.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU1:	  1.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU2:	  1.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU3:	  0.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU4:	  1.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU5:	  1.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU6:	  3.1%     50 °C     2851 MHz
CPU7:	  0.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU8:	  2.0%     50 °C     2594 MHz
CPU9:	  1.0%     50 °C     2663 MHz
CPU10:	  8.1%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU11:	  0.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU12:	  0.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU13:	  1.0%     50 °C     2777 MHz
CPU14:	  1.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz
CPU15:	  0.0%     50 °C     3200 MHz

auto-cpufreq version: 1.9.7 (git: 1c9ff32a.post1.dirty)

Python: 3.11.1
psutil package: 5.9.4
platform package: 1.0.8
click package: 8.1.3
distro package: 1.8.0

Computer type: Desktop
Battery is: charging

auto-cpufreq system resource consumption:
cpu usage: 0.0 %
memory use: 0.16 %

Total CPU usage: 2.9 %
Total system load: 0.65
Average temp. of all cores: 49.85 °C 

Currently using: cat: governor
Warning: CPU turbo is not available
Currently turbo boost is: off

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auto-cpufreq is packaged and installed by default in Nobara. When it didn't work (same issue), I uninstalled it and reinstalled by cloning into the git repo and running the install script. I still get this issue. I have searched extensively though nobara and your own issues and haven't found any resolution to this problem other than on person who had it because they were installing in a VM (I am on bare metal). #387

I have also created a thread about this on Nobara's discord however no replies so far https://discord.com/channels/110175050006577152/1062906444577505291

[AdnanHodzic]

Have you tried looking into #464 and #398?

[Sgaytor]

Have you tried looking into #464 and #398?

Unfortunately this did not help. I edited and remade my grub config to disable AMD P-state however this resulted in the same error as before. The auto-cpufreq installer seems to be not creating the necessary files in my /sys/ directory.

[siddharthkumarjha]

To my limited knowledge isn't the file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver supposed to be created by kernel? (I could be wrong). I looked online for your issue and it seems like a BIOS or module problem. Try this thread maybe you will find your answer here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1107422#p1107422
https://www.pantz.org/software/cpufreq/usingcpufreqonlinux.html
https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-use-amd-p-state-in-linux-5-17/25247/80?page=5

[AdnanHodzic]

Closing this issue due to inactivity.