[arch-general] Kernel 4.2.5-1-ARCH max CPU temperature

Dennis Lange dennis at lumalab.net
Sun Nov 1 11:41:01 UTC 2015


I downgraded the Kernel Version to 4.2.4-1-ARCH and the temperature
still goes up to 98°C. I try to investigate more to get an idea of why
this is happening.

> Hi Ralf,
> 
> I am not really sure if this problem is directly related to the kernel,
> but after 2 years of constantly updating my Archlinux it is the first
> time that the CPU temperature get up to 98°C if I compile stuff or
> render some 3D scenes and I am sure that this does not happen with the
> previous kernel version.
> 
> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
> 
> say powersave
> 
> I will try to install the previous kernel.
> 
> Best regards,
> Dennis
> 
>>
>> Hi Dennis,
>>
>> are you sure that it's related to the kernel and not to something else
>> that was updated?
>>
>> Did you run
>>
>> $ top
>>
>> and
>>
>> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
>>
>> to ensure that everything is as expected?
>>
>> If I would run upowerd on my machine, it would use 100% CPU resources,
>> when an iPad is connected to an USB port.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
>>
> 


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