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[Bug 1285812] Re: [Acer 5755G] Laptop overheats and shuts down

 

You have Optimus/Hybrid graphics. You should consider installing
Bumblebee to disable the nvidia gpu when not in use so it's not heating
up your laptop: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee

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Title:
  [Acer 5755G] Laptop overheats and shuts down

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  My laptop gets overheated and it shuts down. The first time it happened was about 2 weeks ago. It happened 2 more times since. It happened 2 times during watching an HD movie with VLC, one during watching HD youtube videos. This never happened before.
  I'm using Ubuntu 13.10.
  I was not able to reproduce this under Windows 7.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-17-generic 3.11.0-17.31
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.31-generic 3.11.10.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  krychek    1963 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDmesg:
   [  370.658529] systemd-hostnamed[3673]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname!
   [ 1074.230320] systemd-hostnamed[3828]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname!
  Date: Thu Feb 27 19:10:20 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5dc00776-6f67-42d1-9985-15bf84510b70
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-30 (120 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 5755G
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB:
   0 inteldrmfb
   1 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-17-generic root=UUID=d4c46cde-ec44-4da4-b4ec-a67f7b892126 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-17-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-17-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.116.2
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
  dmi.bios.version: V1.21
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: JV51_HR
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.21
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.21:bd08/09/2012:svnAcer:pnAspire5755G:pvrV1.21:rvnAcer:rnJV51_HR:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.21:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 5755G
  dmi.product.version: V1.21
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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