Comment 55 for bug 22336

Is it too much to hope this fix will be in Edgy? And/Or released backwards
for Dapper once it's found? This, to me, is a MAJOR bug, as it keeps me
from viewing any video on the net on my laptop.

On 9/6/06, Nikolaus Filus <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> @GreatBunzinni: Yes, it's possible. But that would be only a workaround
> for people suffering from the problem until a real fix is found and
> implemente.
> Have a look at /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq.
> AFAIK this works only for kernel-space scaling and NOT if using powernowd
> and that alike. In this case there should be config option.
>
> @all:
> fixed for me with: stop powernowd and use ondemand scaling
>
> breaks for me: after resume from hibernation, sometimes thermal zone shows
> 0 and fan doesn't kick on. After short time cpu max throttling is enabled
> (by kernel?), what makes the system unusable because of reaction to events
> every ten seconds.
> workaround: include thermal and fan in kernel, NOT module (tested before
> on gentoo, not verifed yet on ubuntu)
>
> --
> laptop overheats when performing CPU intensive tasks.
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/22336
>

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