@Graham, I'm interested in seeing all the kernel log messages as that may give a hint on why this is happening. Can you attach it to the bug report?
I suspect you may also be getting the kernel reporting "powercap intel- rapl:0: package locked by BIOS, monitoring only" Colin -- 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