I've configured my cpufreq applet to 'Show CPU frequency as percentage.' If I log out, then log back in, the applet always displays displaying it as frequency. If the frequency changes (like if I were to change the governor), it does the right thing and starts displaying as percentage.
Created attachment 84566 [details, diff] set textmode on refresh Does this patch fix the problem for you ?
It sure does, thanks!
added the patch to 2.14.{0,1} . upstream http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338367 .