R3.1 laptop fans won't start; becomes too hot to use

[ghost]

Qubes OS version R3.1

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Expected behavior:

I expected that Qubes would automatically deal with thermal throttling / turning on fans.

Actual behavior:

The CPU doesn't slow down, and the fans do not start up either.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Just regular usage.

General notes:

I am using a Thinkpad T420

[andrewdavidwong]

Qubes should automatically handle thermal throttling and fans. No one else has reported this on R3.1 (as far as I'm aware), and I have not experienced it there either, so it's very likely that the issue has to do with your specific hardware/firmware configuration.

Please consider posting this to the qubes-users mailing list instead. (You can read more about our mailing lists here.)

qubes-users is intended for these sorts of questions and receives much more traffic, which means that your question is more likely to receive a response there.

[andrewdavidwong]

Qubes should automatically handle thermal throttling and fans. No one else has reported this on R3.1 (as far as I'm aware), and I have not experienced it there either, so it's very likely that the issue has to do with your specific hardware/firmware configuration.

Please consider posting this to the qubes-users mailing list instead. (You can read more about our mailing lists here.)

qubes-users is intended for these sorts of questions and receives much more traffic, which means that your question is more likely to receive a response there.