Description of problem:

powertop stopped working after upgrading to F14.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glibc-2.12.90-7.i686
kernel-2.6.35-3.fc14.i686
powertop-1.11-3.fc12.i686

How reproducible: Always

Additional info:

Linux l3f1199 2.6.35-3.fc14.i686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 6 19:48:09 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x001de9a8 in strcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6
Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install glibc-2.12.90-7.i686 ncurses-libs-5.7-8.20100703.fc14.i686
(gdb) bt
(gdb) bt
#0  0x001de9a8 in strcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x0804d3ea in read_kernel_config (string=0x8053036 "CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND", 
    onoff=1, 
    comment=0x8053508 "Suggestion: Enable the CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND kernel configuration option.\nThis option will automatically disable UHCI USB when not in use, and may\nsave approximately 1 Watt of power.", weight=20)
    at /usr/include/bits/string3.h:106
#2  suggest_kernel_config (string=0x8053036 "CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND", onoff=1, 
    comment=0x8053508 "Suggestion: Enable the CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND kernel configuration option.\nThis option will automatically disable UHCI USB when not in use, and may\nsave approximately 1 Watt of power.", weight=20) at config.c:96
#3  0x0804c657 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff744) at powertop.c:1063

Maybe this is fixed by upgrading to the latest version? (bug #620499)