[kwlug-disc] Thermal issue with Ubuntu LTS 20.04

[peter_melse at gto.net]

this might be worth a look:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1082/cpufreq/ 

On 2021-10-20 20:10, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:

> Hello, 
> 
> I have an older laptop with a bad display that I use for transcoding the videos that the cheap PVR records from an antenna. 
> The laptop had 18.04 on it and worked fine. 
> When I upgraded to 20.04, while transcoding, it shutdown on its own, and upon rebooting, the BIOS had a notice saying it shutdown due to overheating. 
> 
> Doing some searching, it turns out there is a bug in thermald. So I uninstalled thermald, and transcoding completed without issues. 
> 
> However, the range where the kernel throttles the CPU is too high for my liking (95C to 105C). 
> 
> Is there any way to lower these to other values? 
> 
> -- 
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin 
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