Fan runs constantly with kernel 3.2.0-36 and higher
Bug #1124777 reported by
Greg W.
This bug affects 2 people
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| Unity |
Expired
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| unity (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Bug Description
Using ubuntu 12.04. Recently, I have started to notice that the fan on my laptop runs CONSTANTLY. This has never been an issue for me before (been using 12.04 since release). Investigating the issue, I have discovered that when running kernel 3.2.0-35 or lower, the fan runs only intermittently if at all. But when running 3.2.0-36 or 3.2.0-37 (the latest release today), the fan runs constantly, even for minimal computing tasks.
It appears that a power-regression has been introduced into the kernel. Any chance this is fixable so that 12.04 can run fan-free again?
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| Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote | #1 |
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| status: | New → Incomplete |
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| status: | New → Incomplete |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
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| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
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