[Lenovo ThinkPad X201] Overheating on 12.04

[Jean Jordaan]

This information is for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/751689

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-33-generic 3.8.0-33.48~precise1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.0-33-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jean 2362 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xf2520000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15069,17aa2155,00100302 HDA:80862804,17aa21b5,00100000'
   Controls : 32
   Simple ctrls : 12
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 6QHT28WW-1.09'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 6QHT28WW-1.09'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Mon Nov 25 10:08:47 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=785bb332-2a4f-43ad-a424-066e34080e0f
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 3323L7T
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-33-generic root=UUID=e755f749-5956-465a-b91b-5ce3698b6f04 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.7
SourcePackage: linux-lts-raring
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog:

dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6QET44WW (1.14 )
dmi.board.name: 3323L7T
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET44WW(1.14):bd04/20/2010:svnLENOVO:pn3323L7T:pvrThinkPadX201:rvnLENOVO:rn3323L7T:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 3323L7T
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jean Jordan, as per http://download.lenovo.com/express/ddfm.html an update is available for your BIOS (1.40). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything?

If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Thank you for your understanding.

[Jean Jordaan (jean-jordaan)]

I will try updating the BIOS and report back after that.

Note that the overheating was not occurring with the same BIOS under 10.10 up until a couple of weeks ago when I upgraded to 12.04.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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