Your patch has fixed the thermal-conf.xml file problem. Thanks! If you could spend just a few minutes and look at my thermal-conf.xml file, I'd really appreciate it. The default didn't seem to work. For these /sys entries: /sys/class/thermal$ ll lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 29 07:55 cooling_device0 -> ../../devices/virtual/thermal/cooling_device0/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 29 07:55 cooling_device1 -> ../../devices/virtual/thermal/cooling_device1/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 29 07:55 cooling_device2 -> ../../devices/virtual/thermal/cooling_device2/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 29 07:55 cooling_device3 -> ../../devices/virtual/thermal/cooling_device3/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 29 07:55 cooling_device4 -> ../../devices/virtual/thermal/cooling_device4/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 29 07:55 thermal_zone0 -> ../../devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/ cooling devices 0-3 are type processor cooling device 4 is type intel_powerclamp thermal zone 0 is type x86_pkg_temp Here's my new thermal-conf.xml file: $ more thermal-conf.xml Toshiba Laptop * QUIET x86_pkg_temp /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/ 1 cpu package x86_pkg_temp 59000 passive PARALLEL 0 Processor 10 5 1 Processor 10 5 2 Processor 10 5 3 Processor 10 5 4 intel_powerclamp 30 10 5 rapl_controller 50 10 6 intel_pstate 40 10 7 rapl_controller_dram 50 10