nostr:npub1z2qdmfzhs2uwg8kmsh37xavt2hq48gch63e787ggd3s6mt8waxgsxu3yuf xload... xload... now that's a name that I've not heard in a long time...
nostr:npub1xt7wmvtpswlza54mku4a04xtwdrw9xx4p48cppn4d4nrt9w2xzasg0aztg I'm a grumpy old grey beard ...
nostr:npub1z2qdmfzhs2uwg8kmsh37xavt2hq48gch63e787ggd3s6mt8waxgsxu3yuf When you say "no obvious reason", do utilities like "top" or a desktop CPU monitor widget show low CPU % usage? I had an Ubuntu box that would thrash the CPU because of some problem with the CUPS print service.
nostr:npub1xt7wmvtpswlza54mku4a04xtwdrw9xx4p48cppn4d4nrt9w2xzasg0aztg Indeed ... "top" and "xload" have shown virtually zero CPU usage.
Latest news is that I've installed TLP and the fans have spun down. So the symptom of spinning fans has gone ... I still don't know the original cause.
nostr:npub1gw2pxf0mcsn8mcfteqcqwk858t0m3zuap8c8wjumyww4s2cevh2q2nf526 First produces "powersave"
Second:
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
nostr:npub1z2qdmfzhs2uwg8kmsh37xavt2hq48gch63e787ggd3s6mt8waxgsxu3yuf It might also be worth trying to install tlp (https://linrunner.de/tlp/index.html) if it's not installed.
It'll try optimize battery life, which usually means spinning down as much as it can. I've had good experience with it on misbehaving systems.
nostr:npub1gw2pxf0mcsn8mcfteqcqwk858t0m3zuap8c8wjumyww4s2cevh2q2nf526 I've installed TLP and the fans have spun down.
Oops ... spun up again.
I haven't run TLP, just installed it ...
Oops ... fans spun down again.
Can you walk me through your guess of what's happening?
nostr:npub1gw2pxf0mcsn8mcfteqcqwk858t0m3zuap8c8wjumyww4s2cevh2q2nf526 I don't know ... is there an easy way to find out?
(Full disclosure, I'm not really a computer person)
nostr:npub1z2qdmfzhs2uwg8kmsh37xavt2hq48gch63e787ggd3s6mt8waxgsxu3yuf Is it a laptop? Perhaps Ubuntu is setting the laptop to performance mode, scaling the CPU frequency up?
I'm not sure about Ubuntu 20.04, but on 22.04, that setting is visible when you click the battery icon in the top bar.
nostr:npub1gw2pxf0mcsn8mcfteqcqwk858t0m3zuap8c8wjumyww4s2cevh2q2nf526 That would be a good call ... I can see that on my 22.04 machine, but not in the menus on the 20.04 machine that's having the trouble.
I've tried running through the menus and can't find it at all on the 20.04 machine.
nostr:npub10w3367kxqkl7f3nv0yy2smqf00k4c5te380ws8awmmcu358qvyhq4ctmd0 That's a nice one!
nostr:npub164ylkzg4aq2vr29g7nch6npk6pk76uk8quah0n5q5utpssxa34usd9cvs5 I have no knowledge of Ruby at all, so I've made a note of the suggestion in case I get the chance to come up to speed with that, but the "copy as curl" has done the trick for now.
(and thanks)
Seen on Mathstodon: I ordered a donut and a cup of coffee at the Topology Cafe and they gave me two hula hoops. (by https://mathstodon.xyz/@EdisonMaxwell)
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