Public bug reported: This seems somewhat related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thermald/+bug/1543046
For some reason thermald is writing the message "sysfs write failed constraint_0_power_limit_uw" to the syslog every few seconds. However, there's nothing in the kernel log. $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=yakkety DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.10" $ uname -a Linux graham-desktop 4.8.0-34-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 21 17:24:18 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ dpkg -l | grep thermald ii thermald 1.5.3-4 amd64 Thermal monitoring and controlling daemon $ grep "sysfs write failed constraint_0_power_limit_uw" /var/log/syslog | wc -l 14160 $ grep thermald /var/log/kern.log | wc -l 0 I'm an experienced Linux user but not an experienced bug submitter, so please let me know if I have failed to provide any necessary info. Am happy to attach additional logs. ** Affects: thermald (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - thermald spamming syslog with sysfs write failed constraint_0_power_limit_uw + thermald spamming syslog with 'sysfs write failed constraint_0_power_limit_uw' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1656528 Title: thermald spamming syslog with 'sysfs write failed constraint_0_power_limit_uw' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thermald/+bug/1656528/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs