thermald is the defacto solution to this in Trusty+, I've added a
Wikipage to describe how to install and configure this daemon:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/PowerManagement/ThermalIssues
I think this addresses the bug, so I'm going to close it.
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Hi Colin - thanks, yes running thermald has improved the situation
immensely! I do still very occasionally see overheats, although they are
extremely rare now and I suspect may be more related to my fans needing
a clean :-)
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On 07/03/14 10:23, James Hunt wrote:
Hi Colin - thanks, yes running thermald has improved the situation
immensely! I do still very occasionally see overheats, although they are
extremely rare now and I suspect may be more related to my fans needing
a clean :-)
One can tweak the default
One can use a thermald helper script to set the CPU Max temperature on
your machine.
Attached is the script, one has to specify the max temp in milli degrees
C, so for 80 degress C, enter 8, example:
sudo ./thermald_set_pref.sh
[sudo] password for king:
thermald preference
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Hmm, I'm not sure why you need to unload the thinkpad acpi driver.
Can you force fan control mode with
options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1
in a /etc/modprobe.d/ .conf file and this will configure the driver at
boot time.
I also suggest enabling the intel-pstate driver. Ubuntu currently has
Hi Colin - thanks, I'm now running thermald but cannot really stress my
system due to o/s bug 1268906 (kvm always makes it overheat unless fans
are disengaged. That is currently not possible on my T410 btw due to bug
1268880 - will that impact thermald's abilities?
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@James, I've now packaged up thermald for Trusty, which will do auto
throttling if the CPU is too hot. Perhaps you can give that a spin.
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