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
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1285812 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1285812/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
