cpu frequency scaling unsupported all of a sudden

[Gordon Messmer]

timohirt at gmx.de wrote:
> 
> To solve the problem backup grub.conf and menu.lst.
> rpm -e --nodeps kernel
> yum install kernel.i686
> Then copy the back grub.conf and menu.lst back to the /boot/grub directory.

If you insist on using yum to replace your kernel, wouldn't this work 
better:

rpm -e --nodeps --noscripts  kernel
yum install kernel.i686

It'll save you the potential of screwing up your grub.conf, won't it?