Comment 215 for bug 370173

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Todd Smith (td-smith) wrote : Re: [Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

And this is why I'm not using your shitty distro any more.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Andreas Kostyrka<email address hidden> wrote:
> Notice the critical word here: YOUR laptop.
>
> Your hacked workaround (which might be inacceptable to some users too,
> next issue "my laptop is to loud running Ubuntu"), does not apply to
> many of the users plagued by this problem, as their laptop do not
> provide fan control (at all, or at least not under Linux) to software.
>
> Or is that a volunteer offer to implement all potentially missing
> drivers (which does not solve the problem for hardware that does not
> provide that control at all)?
>
> OTOH, I guess it would be helpful if you could document your workaround,
> for people that might benefit from it.
>
> Andreas
>
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 09.07.2009, 20:20 +0000 schrieb Michael Brooks:
>> My laptop stopped shitting down every 20 minutes when i sped up the
>> fan.  So Andy is mistaken.   This bug should have never happened and
>> should have been fixed months ago.
>>
>> peace
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Andreas Kostyrka<email address hidden> wrote:
>> > @Michael: Because as Andy has pointed out, this problem happens often
>> > (if not only) on hardware where there is no software control of the fan.
>> >
>> > Example, my laptop, the HP Pavilion tx2050eg Tablet PC. No software
>> > control, at least not from Linux.
>> >
>> > So why speeding up the fan on hardware where this is possible is a
>> > possible workaround for these users, it's basically a fix for symptoms
>> > and nothing else.
>> >
>> > Andreas
>> >
>> > Am Donnerstag, den 09.07.2009, 19:48 +0000 schrieb Michael Brooks:
>> >> Andy,  why hasn't Canonical released a fix to speed up the fan?   It
>> >> has been MONTHS and this issues affects everyone at some level.  There
>> >> are so many people on this thread, the bug is obvious like cerebral
>> >> palsy.
>> >>
>> >> peace
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:47 AM, CharleyS<email address hidden> wrote:
>> >> > ACPI dump
>> >> >
>> >> > ** Attachment added: "ACPI dump"
>> >> >   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28844512/acpidump.txt
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown
>> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370173
>> >> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> >> > of a duplicate bug.
>> >> >
>> >> > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>> >> >
>> >> > Bug description:
>> >> > Ubuntu 9.04, fresh install on Acer Aspire 5005.
>> >> > Not sure about package, but it seems the problem is with CPU frequency adjustment or fan control.
>> >> > Laptop shuts down right in the middle of CPU-greedy operation overheated. I haven't seen it before (since 7.10).
>> >> > The issue is discussed at several forums (eg. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130450)
>> >> >
>> >> > ----
>> >> >     *-cpu
>> >> >          product: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37
>> >> >          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
>> >> >          physical id: 1
>> >> >          bus info: cpu@0
>> >> >          version: 15.4.2
>> >> >          size: 2GHz
>> >> >          capacity: 2GHz
>> >> >          width: 64 bits
>> >> >          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm cpufreq
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370173
>> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> > of a duplicate bug.
>> >
>> > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>> >
>> > Bug description:
>> > Ubuntu 9.04, fresh install on Acer Aspire 5005.
>> > Not sure about package, but it seems the problem is with CPU frequency adjustment or fan control.
>> > Laptop shuts down right in the middle of CPU-greedy operation overheated. I haven't seen it before (since 7.10).
>> > The issue is discussed at several forums (eg. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130450)
>> >
>> > ----
>> >     *-cpu
>> >          product: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37
>> >          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
>> >          physical id: 1
>> >          bus info: cpu@0
>> >          version: 15.4.2
>> >          size: 2GHz
>> >          capacity: 2GHz
>> >          width: 64 bits
>> >          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm cpufreq
>> >
>>
>
> --
> Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370173
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 9.04, fresh install on Acer Aspire 5005.
> Not sure about package, but it seems the problem is with CPU frequency adjustment or fan control.
> Laptop shuts down right in the middle of CPU-greedy operation overheated. I haven't seen it before (since 7.10).
> The issue is discussed at several forums (eg. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130450)
>
> ----
>     *-cpu
>          product: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37
>          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
>          physical id: 1
>          bus info: cpu@0
>          version: 15.4.2
>          size: 2GHz
>          capacity: 2GHz
>          width: 64 bits
>          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm cpufreq
>