I sure wish a fix is released for this, since my laptop has become practically unusable since I upgraded to Natty.
$ uname -a Linux mg-ThinkPad-T410 2.6.38-11-generic-pae #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 22:21:04 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux $ top top - 17:28:33 up 8 min, 2 users, load average: 0.19, 0.44, 0.34 Tasks: 199 total, 1 running, 197 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie $ sensors acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +80.0°C (crit = +100.0°C) coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +74.0°C (high = +95.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) coretemp-isa-0002 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 2: +74.0°C (high = +95.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) thinkpad-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter fan1: 7312 RPM temp1: +80.0°C The BIOS setting is "Balanced" when the laptop is on AC Power. $ sudo powertop Cn Avg residency P-states (frequencies) C0 (cpu running) ( 0.0%) 2.54 Ghz 6.3% polling 4.0ms ( 0.2%) 2.27 Ghz 0.2% C1 mwait 0.1ms ( 0.3%) 1.60 Ghz 0.2% C2 mwait 1.5ms (30.5%) 1333 Mhz 0.3% C3 mwait 1.8ms (86.3%) 1199 Mhz 92.9% Wakeups-from-idle per second : 721.6 interval: 5.0s no ACPI power usage estimate available Top causes for wakeups: 53.3% (413.0) PS/2 keyboard/mouse/touchpad interrupt 14.1% (109.2) plugin-containe 8.7% ( 67.8) [mmc0, hda_intel, nvidia] <interrupt> 3.5% ( 26.8) [iwlagn] <interrupt> Personally, I think the nvidia drivers also have something to contribute to heat since the temperature skyrockets as soon as I watch a video (flash or otherwise)... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751689 Title: Thinkpads overheat due to slow fans when on 'auto' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/751689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
