Ok, I'm uploading another thermald log that shows it restricting performance even more than before (probably because I was able to get the temperature higher), and then NOT improving performance again once temperatures have gone back down to normal. thermald was started when temperatures were cool and performance was at max (I put 'date' in the log, 8:42:43am). Then I used a combination of stress-ng and some wine programs to get a high temperature, which eventually restricted my performance to minimums (but not quite 0KHz as indicated by pstate- frequency). Once temperature was back to normal the performance stayed at low levels and I stopped thermald. At that point:
mike@ossy /u/s/pstate-frequency> date; ./pstate-frequency -G; sensors Thu Feb 9 08:54:19 EST 2017 pstate-frequency version 3.7.2 pstate::CPU_DRIVER -> intel_pstate pstate::CPU_GOVERNOR -> performance pstate::TURBO -> 1 [OFF] pstate::CPU_MIN -> 0% [0KHz] pstate::CPU_MAX -> 0% [0KHz] asus-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter cpu_fan: 0 RPM acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +27.8°C (crit = +99.0°C) temp2: +29.8°C (crit = +99.0°C) coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Package id 0: +53.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 0: +52.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 1: +52.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 2: +51.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 3: +52.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) ** Attachment added: "thermald debug log 2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thermald/+bug/1600599/+attachment/4815852/+files/thermald-debug-2017-02-09.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600599 Title: Thermald is totally broken, or its default configuration is To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thermald/+bug/1600599/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs