"scaling_driver" no such file or directory with intel_pstate disabled

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Yes, there are similar issues, but not exactly. They had issue fixed by disabling intel_pstate driver, but my issue is occurring with it disabled.

Error output:

Driver: cat: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver: No such file or directory

System information:

Add/paste output of:

-------------------------------- Battery Info ---------------------------------

battery count = 1
BAT0 start threshold = b'70\n'
BAT0 stop threshold = b'95\n'

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Linux distro: Arch Linux  
Linux kernel: 6.18.3-arch1-1
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
Cores: 8
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%        34 °C      1901 MHz
CPU1      0.0%        34 °C      2100 MHz
CPU2      2.0%        32 °C      1900 MHz
CPU3      3.0%        32 °C      1900 MHz
CPU4      1.0%        34 °C      1900 MHz
CPU5      0.0%        34 °C      1900 MHz
CPU6      1.0%        32 °C      2100 MHz
CPU7      0.0%        32 °C      2100 MHz

CPU fan speed: 0 RPM

auto-cpufreq version: Version         : 3.0.0-3

Python: 3.13.11
psutil package: 7.1.3
platform package: 1.0.8
click package: 8.2.1
distro package: 1.9.0

Computer type: Notebook
Battery is: charging

auto-cpufreq system resource consumption:
cpu usage: 0.0 %
memory use: 0.29 %

Total CPU usage: 1.5 %
Total system load: 0.85
Average temp. of all cores: 33.00 °C 

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

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Issue

I had high cpu usage, so disabled intel_pstate driver as suggested in troubleshooting guide. I had then acpi driver in use instead of this error. Recently when I checked, it started showing this error.

I tried to reinstall but it didn't work.

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