CPU Temperature warning spamming syslog

[Alistair Buxton]

After upgrading to Karmic, the syslog is constantly spammed with these messages:

[ 5694.592683] CPU0: Temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 4220841)
[ 5694.592699] CPU1: Temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 4220850)
[ 5694.593238] CPU0: Temperature/speed normal
[ 5694.593244] CPU1: Temperature/speed normal

The messages happen so fast that the dd/rsyslogd completely saturate the CPU. Within 1 hour of upgrading, /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog had both grown larger than 200mb.

This is especially annoying because this machine supports neither temperature monitoring nor CPU throttling.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: al 2369 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: al 2369 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: al 2369 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'ICH5'/'Intel ICH5 with AD1981B at irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 19
Date: Thu Oct 29 12:58:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=884050be-a8b4-41a5-bfe9-459a518452c2
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX270
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=d6b3c8c0-4638-4a77-aeb6-b1963733437e ro quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.24
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0Y1057
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA07:bd06/26/2006:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX270:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0Y1057:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX270
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation

[rob_brown-bayliss (r-brown-bayliss-deactivatedaccount)]

I have same messages, but only AFTER evolution has been started. until then it is fine, but run evolutio nad CPU is maxed out.

[wonder75 (wonder75)]

Same for me on an Asus M6N notebook. A big problem with this is, that it makes the Text-consoles useless too.
(the consoles you reach with CTRL-ALT-F1) they are spammed with the messages, you can't use them.

[MarkJBobak (mark-bobak)]

I'm also having this problem.

Any workarounds available?

-Mark

[bugpics (nicolas-lescuyer)]

I'm having the same bug.

If you boot with acpi=off, you don't have the messages but wifi doesn't work.