diff -Naur gnome-applets-2.26.1.old/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-selector/org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector.conf gnome-applets-2.26.1/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-selector/org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector.conf
--- gnome-applets-2.26.1.old/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-selector/org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector.conf	2009-03-16 23:39:11.000000000 +0000
+++ gnome-applets-2.26.1/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-selector/org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector.conf	2009-05-17 22:59:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
     <allow send_interface="org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector"/>
   </policy>
 
+  <!-- allow power group to own the service -->
+  <policy group="power">
+    <allow own="org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector"/>
+    <allow send_interface="org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector"/>
+  </policy>
+
   <policy context="default">
     <allow send_interface="org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector"/>
   </policy>