Re: Laptop overheating problem

[Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>]

On Saturday 02 June 2007 21:10, Goulven Guillard wrote:
> Alexey Starikovskiy a écrit :
> > Please take a look at bugzilla.kernel.org #5534, 2.6.21 or later
> > kernels should not have this problem.
> >>
> >> I installed Ubuntu 7.04 to my hp nc6120 laptop. After working with the
> >> laptop for a while  (changing with the load on the system)  for
> >> example archiving an ~700MB directory, the system is overheating (i
> >> mean really hot) and shutting down automatically.
> >>
> >> I searched the problem on the Ubuntu forums, Linux kernel mailing
> >> list, Linux acpi mailing list, ... There have been so many questions
> >> and bug entries for this problem since 2005. But i can't find the
> >> solution yet. Is there any solution to solve the overheating problem?
> 
> Didn't try 2.6.21 kernel (2.6.20 only). Don't know if you've read this :
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/22336 => Ubuntu's overheating is a 
> known problem since at least 09/2005, but doesn't seem important enough 
> so Ubuntu's developpers accord much interest on it... (Must be
> disparaging... ;-) )

I've read it, and commented:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/22336/comments/162
7 of the submitters had the problem go away when they cleaned
the dust out of their fan.

However, it seems clear that Linux isn't dealing with
a clogged fan as well as Windows does.

BTW, the Ubuntu developers are on record as thinking it is important,
they just didn't know how to address it.

-Len
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