Bug 2512906 - thermald failed to start with exit-code = 1
Summary: thermald failed to start with exit-code = 1
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2512758
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: thermald
Version: 44
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Benjamin Berg
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-09 12:05 UTC by Héctor Louzao
Modified: 2026-08-09 14:52 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2026-08-09 14:52:09 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Héctor Louzao 2026-08-09 12:05:29 UTC
Description of problem:

thermald failed to start exit-code 1

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rpm -qa thermald* thermald-2.5.12-1.fc44.x86_64

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. systemctl start thermmald
2. systemctl status thermald
3. journalctl -u thermald

Actual results:

failed exit code = 1

journalctl -u thermald

ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ The unit thermald.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start thermald.service - Thermal Daemon Service.

ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting thermald.service - Thermal Daemon Service...
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox thermald[24295]: Non mobile platform, exiting..
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox thermald[24295]: Non mobile platform, exiting..
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox thermald[24295]: THD engine init failed
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start thermald.service - Thermal Daemon Service.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ago 09 13:48:55 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start thermald.service - Thermal Daemon Service.

Expected results:

start succesfull

downgrade to thermald-2.5.9-3.fc44.x86_64 works succesfull

Additional info:

downgrade to thermald-2.5.9-3.fc44.x86_64: 

sudo dnf downgrade thermald [sudo] contraseña para hhlp: Actualizando y cargando repositorios: keybase                                                                                                                   100% | 123.4 KiB/s |   3.5 KiB |  00m00s Repositorios cargados. Paquete                                                Arq.          Versión                                                Repositorio                      Tamaño Degradando: thermald                                              x86_64        0:2.5.9-3.fc44                                         fedora                        588.3 KiB reemplazando thermald                               x86_64        0:2.5.12-1.fc44                                        updates                       707.4 KiB
Resumen de la transacción: Reemplazando:        1 paquete Degradando:          1 paquete
El tamaño total de paquetes entrantes es 248 KiB. Se necesita descargar 248 KiB. Después de esta operación, 119 KiB serán liberados (instalar 588 KiB, eliminar 707 KiB). Is this ok [Y/n]:

Is this ok [Y/n]: y [1/1] thermald-0:2.5.9-3.fc44.x86_64                                                                                       100% | 587.9 KiB/s | 248.1 KiB |  00m00s
[1/1] Total                                                                                                                100% | 232.3 KiB/s | 248.1 KiB |  00m01s Ejecutando transacción [1/4] Verificar archivos de paquete 100% |  41.0   B/s |   1.0   B |  00m00s [2/4] Preparar transacción 100% |   2.0   B/s |   2.0   B |  00m01s [3/4] Degradando thermald-0:2.5.9-3.fc44.x86_64 100% |  11.5 MiB/s | 591.2 KiB |  00m00s [4/4] Eliminando thermald-0:2.5.12-1.fc44.x86_64 100% |   9.0   B/s |  22.0   B |  00m02s ¡Completado!

🕙 13:46:58 ➜ rpm -qa thermald\*
thermald-2.5.9-3.fc44.x86_64

sudo systemctl start thermald

sudo systemctl enable thermnald

systemctl status thermald

○ thermald.service - Thermal Daemon Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/thermald.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2026-08-09 13:48:00 CEST; 7s ago
 Invocation: 8495e45114ef422ca5e2eb9513e9be13
    Process: 21118 ExecStart=/usr/bin/thermald --systemd --dbus-enable --adaptive (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 21118 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Mem peak: 1.9M
        CPU: 7ms

ago 09 13:48:00 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting thermald.service - Thermal Daemon Service...
ago 09 13:48:00 FedoraBox thermald[21118]: Unsupported cpu model or platform
ago 09 13:48:00 FedoraBox thermald[21118]: Try option --ignore-cpuid-check to disable this compatibility test
ago 09 13:48:00 FedoraBox systemd[1]: thermald.service: Deactivated successfully.
ago 09 13:48:00 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Started thermald.service - Thermal Daemon Service.

Comment 1 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2026-08-09 14:52:09 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2512758 ***


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