https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205308 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205308#c7 --- Comment #7 from Michael Hirmke <opensuse@mike.franken.de> --- (In reply to Dirk Mueller from comment #6)
(In reply to Michael Hirmke from comment #5)
Adding AF_NETLINK to the service file of irqbalance solved this problem.
which problem is "this problem"? are you're referring to the log messages about "thermald might not be running". or are you referring to "irqbalance: Deactivated successfully"?
Problem isn't solved, I was wrong. I referred to the message regaring thermald *and* the "socket bind failed" message. Now I only get these messages: systemd[1]: Started irqbalance daemon. /usr/sbin/irqbalance[16600]: thermal: received group id (3). systemd[1]: irqbalance.service: Deactivated successfully. So now it isn't running without an error message. It didn't get this in the first place. So the problem isn't solved.
it should only solve the "thermald might not be running" messages which are annoying but harmless.
Indeed.
On the other hand, you were right: thermald is not installed on this system. But if it is needed, why it wasn't installed as as dependency.
it is entirely optional, irqbalance functionality should work just fine without it installed. just that with it installed and *running*, irqbalance can do superior rebalancing decisions.
Also, thermald is only needed on intel cpus and must not be installed on AMD cpus.
Ok, this machine has an Intel cpu. What would be the advantage installing thermad additionally? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.