not use /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml by default

[Alex Tu]

from man thermal-conf.xml, thermald should use /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml by default.
So, that user can control the behavior.

"
- If the ACPI data is not optimized or buggy. In this case thermal-conf.xml can be used to correct the behavior without change in BIOS.
"

But, current thermald will always use the one auto generated:
/var/run/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.auto
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-bionic-amd64-20180608-47+bionic-master+X32
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-23 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20180608-09:38
Package: thermald 1.7.0-5ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-1024.29-oem 4.15.18
Tags: bionic
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-1024-oem x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

[Alex Tu (alextu)]

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[Alex Tu (alextu)]

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[Alex Tu (alextu)]

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[Srinivas Pandruvada (srinivas-pandruvada)]

Good observation. We need to update man page.
I am looking for volunteer for updating man page.

[Alex Tu (alextu)]

Hi srinivas-pandruvada,
It's a workaround to update man to avoid confusing, but not really help the case which user would like to correct the behavior without change in BIOS.

So, I propose to rename original /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml to /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.template then change the code of thermald to read /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml first and fall back to /var/run/thermald/thermal-conf.xml.auto if /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml is not there.

welcome any idea.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniele Dellafiore (ildella)]

Not sure is the same issue, but in boot logs as per `journalctl -b` I always have this error in Ubuntu 19.10:

thermald[1079]: [WARN]error: could not parse file /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml

[Colin Ian King (colin-king)]

Is this still an issue?

[Yuan-Chen Cheng (ycheng-twn)]

close as no activity

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for thermald (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]