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Editing `ExecStart=` with `systemctl edit` did
not work for me. Running
`systemctl restart thermald.service` afterwards
was giving errors every time with reason "Unit
thermald.service has a bad unit file setting".
By running `systemctl status thermald.service`,
I was reading this error:
redis.service has more than one ExecStart=
setting, which is only allowed for
Type=oneshot services. Refusing.
By looking through the Internet for answers,
I found a suggestion from a user saying that
"The `ExecStart=` line cannot be modified with
`systemctl edit`"
(https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/409354).
What worked was replacing the thermald.service file
directly to `/etc/systemd/system/` and
`/usr/lib/systemd/system` worked, as suggested
in the README.md present in the folder containing
example configurations for Surface Pro 5 from
this repository.
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# Example Thermald Configuration
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This is a minimal thermald configuration, which sets the maximum sustained CPU temperature to about 65°C.
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Modify the `<Temperature>65000</Temperature>` value to adapt that to your liking.
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Tested on a Surface Book 2, other devices may need adapting, see e.g. the [thermald man page](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man5/thermal-conf.xml.5.html).
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More complex and device specific examples can be found in subdirectories
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If any subdirectory does not have both files or any dedicated instructions, use the missing files provided here and/or follow these instructions.
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## Installation
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Both XML files (`thermal-conf.xml` and `thermal-cpu-cdev-order-xml`) need to be placed in the `/etc/thermald/` directory.
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Newer thermald versions attempt to automatically load the configuration from ACPI.
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If you want to use a manual configuration with such a version, you may need to remove the `--adaptive` option from the systemd service `ExecStart` line.
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You can do so by overwriting `thermald.service`. This file is present in `/lib/systemd/system/` (it may also be in `/usr/lib/systemd/system/`).
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