Maverick desktop on a Lenovo S-10 runs hot and constantly keeps the fan at or near 100%

Bug #645779 reported by Jeff Lane 
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Bug Description

Just installed Maverick on my Lenovo S-10 Netbook. Immediately, I noticed the increase in fan speed from the very first reboot.
It appears that the only fan speed setting for Maverick on this netbook is 100%. This is a regression potential as it does not occur in Lucid. In Lucid, the netbook is nice an quiet until it heats up, and the fan control works properly (e.g. it speeds up and slows as necessary).

With Maverick, regardless of whether I'm on AC or battery, the fan runs loudly at high speed as long as the system is booted.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.33
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: bladernr 1242 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0640000 irq 43'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,17aa3bf8,00100004'
   Controls : 13
   Simple ctrls : 8
Date: Thu Sep 23 14:08:17 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=399d907d-512b-4906-8402-6f3f9bdce17a
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100922)
MachineType: LENOVO Lenovo
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=af77c8d4-8e42-411a-83ed-cd9684af5505 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 02/05/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 14CN56WW
dmi.board.name: Mariana
dmi.board.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr14CN56WW:bd02/05/2009:svnLENOVO:pnLenovo:pvrLenovo:rvnLenovo:rnMariana:rvrRev1.0:cvnLenovo:ct10:cvrRev1.0:
dmi.product.name: Lenovo
dmi.product.version: Lenovo
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: kernel-therm regression-release
removed: kernel-uncat regression-potential
Revision history for this message
penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Jeff Lane, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/PowerManagementASPM a patch has been issued to address computers running hot. Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
Revision history for this message
Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :

Maverick is dead. Closing bug properly.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → Invalid
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