diff -u sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog
--- sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog
+++ sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+sysvinit (2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu14) raring; urgency=low
+
+  * Twiddle /etc/init.d/ondemand to prefer the "interactive" governor
+    over the ondemand one, which improves responsiveness on devices
+    that have a kernel that support this feature (such as the nexus7).
+  * Also, exit more gracefully if we have no governors available to us.
+
+ -- Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:48:13 -0700
+
 sysvinit (2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu13) quantal; urgency=low
 
   * Add version guard to previous postinst change.
diff -u sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/ondemand sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/ondemand
--- sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/ondemand
+++ sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/ondemand
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 . /lib/init/vars.sh
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
+AVAILABLE="/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors"
+
 case "$1" in
     start)
     	start-stop-daemon --start --background --exec /etc/init.d/ondemand -- background
@@ -21,10 +23,26 @@
     background)
 	sleep 60 # probably enough time for desktop login
 
+	[ -f $AVAILABLE ] || exit 0
+	read governors < $AVAILABLE
+	case $governors in
+		*interactive*)
+			GOVERNOR="interactive"
+			break
+			;;
+		*ondemand*)
+			GOVERNOR="ondemand"
+			break
+			;;
+		*)
+			exit 0
+			;;
+	esac
+			
 	for CPUFREQ in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
 	do
 		[ -f $CPUFREQ ] || continue
-		echo -n ondemand > $CPUFREQ
+		echo -n $GOVERNOR > $CPUFREQ
 	done
 	;;
     restart|reload|force-reload)