ArcosCom Linux User wrote on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:31:30 +0100 (CET):
The laptop boots fine with the correct speed (usual speed), but when the init scripts run the service cpuspeed, the performance goes low: Only wants 800MHz!!
sounds pretty much like it's working as it should. It goes down went it doesn't need to run that fast. That's the normal on-demand governor. If you want to have full-speed all the time then stop the cpuspeed service, it will then use the performance governor.
Kai