Comment 86 for bug 370173

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Andreas Kostyrka (andreas-kostyrka) wrote : Re: [Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

Am Montag, den 15.06.2009, 19:26 +0000 schrieb arsenix:
> This is a Jaunty bug... if you aren't running Jaunty please post on
> another bug.
>
> Unless this isn't already clear to folks... if you don't have (or aren't
> willing to obtain) comparative thermal testing data from another OS
> where the problem does not occur... your contribution is not that
> useful. Many laptops have thermal design problems, or were just

Well, as this is my main working machine, just installing a different OS
is not a really an option.

OTOH, this machine has run on since last August without problems till I
upgrade to Jaunty, and the real trouble started when I upgraded to
2.6.28.

I think comparative temperature logs for different Linux kernels should
qualify.

> designed to run hot to keep noise and size to a minimum. If you aren't
> sure that the issue you are seeing doesn't happen under all OS's... then
> it is very hard to say if the problem you are seeing is truly isolated
> to ubuntu jaunty. If you want this bug fixed... we need more data.
>
> More people need to post information about what their fan's do under
> Ubuntu vs under Os's where the machines don't run hot. This will
> determine whether the issue is related to fan control or some type of
> CPU/GPU heat output increase.
>
>
> James
>