diff --git a/bin/cpu-freq b/bin/cpu-freq
index ee3a5055..4ca508a8 100755
--- a/bin/cpu-freq
+++ b/bin/cpu-freq
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-speed=`egrep -i -m 1 "^cpu MHz|^clock|^bogomips" /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F"[:.]" '{ printf "%.1f", $2 / 1000 }'`
+if [ -r "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq" ]; then
+	speed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq | awk '{ printf "%.1f", $1 / 1000000 }'`
+else
+	speed=`egrep -i -m 1 "^cpu MHz|^clock|^bogomips" /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F"[:.]" '{ printf "%.1f", $2 / 1000 }'`
+fi
 
 [ -n "$speed" ] && printf "\005{= cW}%sGHz\005{-} " $speed
diff --git a/byobu-export b/byobu-export
index edab2a46..a94fd464 100755
--- a/byobu-export
+++ b/byobu-export
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ choose() {
 		fi
 		count=`expr $count + 1`
 		if ! test $selected -gt 0 2>/dev/null; then
-			read -p "`gettext 'Choose'` [1 -$i]: " -r selected
+			echo -n "`gettext 'Choose'` [1 -$i]: "
+			selected=`head -n1`
 		elif ! test $selected -le $i 2>/dev/null; then
-			read -p "`gettext 'Choose'` [1 -$i]: " -r selected
+			echo -n "`gettext 'Choose'` [1 -$i]: "
+			selected=`head -n1`
 		else
 			break
 		fi
@@ -183,7 +185,8 @@ else
 	echo "$file" | grep -qs "\.tar\.gz$" || error "Target file must be a '.tar.gz' archive"
 	if [ -e "$file" ]; then
 		echo `gettext "File exists"` " [$file]"
-		read -p "`gettext 'Remove file? [y/N] '`" -r remove
+		echo -n "`gettext 'Remove file? [y/N] '`"
+		remove=`head -n1`
 		if [ "$remove" = "Y" -o "$remove" = "y" ]; then
 			rm -f "$file"
 		else
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9023a75d..855dd3a8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ byobu (2.11) unreleased; urgency=low
     .hushlogin to prevent double-printing of motd
   * bin/network-*, byobu.1: allow monitored network interface overrides in
     ~/.byobu/network-interface, update manpage accordingly, LP: #386364
+  * bin/cpu-freq, byobu-export, select-screen-profile: fix bashisms
+    on the read command, Debian Bug (closes: #530989)
 
   [ Ciemon Dunville ]
   * byobu.1: Simply added a SEE ALSO to byobu.1
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:36:51 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:21:42 -0500
 
 byobu (2.10-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/select-screen-profile b/select-screen-profile
index 9854859e..326d56c7 100755
--- a/select-screen-profile
+++ b/select-screen-profile
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ prompt() {
 		if [ -z "$selected" -a ! -z "$simple" ]; then
 			selected="$simple"
 		elif ! test $selected -gt 0 2>/dev/null; then
-			read -p "`gettext 'Choose'` 1-$i [$simple]: " -r selected
+			echo -n "`gettext 'Choose'` 1-$i [$simple]: "
+			selected=`head -n1`
 		elif ! test $selected -le $i 2>/dev/null; then
-			read -p "`gettext 'Choose'` 1-$i [$simple]: " -r selected
+			echo -n "`gettext 'Choose'` 1-$i [$simple]: "
+			selected=`head -n1`
 		else
 			break
 		fi