The problem has got worse since updating this morning to the above. Now with just a few sites open, Kaffeine running and Thunderbird open but with the system generally idling I get the following prior to a forced automatic system shut down:
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-19-386 #1 Wed Jun 4 15:54:02 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Jun 17 13:57:21 ubuntu kernel: [ 910.955800] ACPI: Critical trip point Jun 17 13:57:21 ubuntu kernel: [ 910.959632] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling devic e [f7c4d420] 'on' Jun 17 13:57:28 ubuntu kernel: [ 917.819421] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilte r Core Team Jun 17 13:57:30 ubuntu exiting on signal 15 -- Hardy kernel causes overheating https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223081 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs