On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:21:29 +0000
Beso <givemesugarr@...> wrote:

> 2008/2/4, ionut cucu <cuciferus@...>:
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:26:57 +0000
> > Beso <givemesugarr@...> wrote:
>
> > what do the files inside /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/ and
> /proc/acpi/processor/ contain?!
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/
cooling_mode       polling_frequency  state              temperature
trip_points
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/*
<setting not supported>
<polling disabled>
state:                   ok
temperature:             0 C
critical (S5):           100 C
 cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/
info         limit        performance  power        throttling

the content of the /proc/acpi/processor/CPUx files it attached since is
rather large for an email
> for klaptop, you have to first configure it. set everything to
> conservative, it should raise your processor speed based on your
> needs. be sure also to add cpufrequtils as a service at boot and to
> load the eventual modules at boot time by adding them to
> the /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6 so that they load at boot.
> without cufrequtils and the modules (if you've build the stuff as
> modules and you've done it if you've used my config) you won't be
> able to switch. without rebooting you could open konsole and start
> cpufrequtils with /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils start and then add it with
> rc-update add cpufrequtils default and then modprobe
> cpufreq_powersave && modprobe cpufreq_conservative && modprobe
> cpufreq_performance. now you should be able to switch them with
> klaptop. 
Not yet I'm not....also the profiles in klaptop(which just overheated
again and it's at 90 degrees and rising in 800Mhz) are named as the
P0,1,2 states(x Mhz, y mW,z uS) and not as they were(conservatve.....)

don't use kpowersaved since it doesn't work anymore or at
> least on my pc it cannot find acpid started. if you'd like a monitor
> for kde there are different solutions:
> - one is superkaramba with some theme like aero-aio
> - kima which is directly included into the kicker as an applet and can
> monitor thermal, processor temp, processor load, uptime, battery and
> processor and /proc speed. i prefer this solution since it's faster
> to see and never gets covered by apps letting me see always the state
> of the system.
> for lm_sensors instead, is quite ok to not have fan control since the
> fan on a notebook is not usually connected to some control sensor but
> is controlled directly by acpi. on notebooks usually you might find
> some monitor for cpu core, for some removable media like pccards and
> nand devices like mmd. the only thing that is useful is the core
> processor monitor which gives you the temp of the core(s) and it lets
> you have an idea of how your processor works . remember that thermal
> temp might be different and usually is higher than core temp.
Thanks, that I did not knew, I'm new to laptops and their fan
"drivers"/sensors and such. I never did had an temp issue on my
machine, although it has to speed states.
> also some helpful utils for kde are: klipper (fabulous klipboard);
> kompose (osx kompose changer), ksynaptic (if you have synaptic or
> alps touchpads that usually get installed in notebooks),
> knetworkmanager + networkmanager and the new kde4 like kicker that
> includes a built-in search module that improves usability of kde.
> other useful kicker applets are the shutdown and block applets, the
> kmixer applet (this lets you remove from start kmix), the show
> desktop applet and the trash can applet. also for full kde experience
> i suggest kaffeine + xine (not 1.1.10 since it has some problems with
> external linkage) and amarok + xine. install xft and cairo with svg
> and pdf flags and search for the font antialiasing wiki that was on
> xeffects if i remember right. also ksplash-engine-moodin is wonderful
> for personalizing the ksplash and oxy-cursors from flameeyes-overlay
> are wonderful cursor themes. if you like osx be sure to search for a
> baghira how to and on how to make kde identical to osx (don't use
> kxdocker, though). and before using compiz be aware that ati drivers
> don't work well with it. for tuning ati drivers visit phoronix forums
> and you'll have a lot of info about 
I'm a fluxbox fan, my brother nags me about kde though he knows these,
but I'm so worried about the temp(now for some reason it's dropping to
70 celsius).
So I don't need no fancontrols but what do I need to keep these temps
stable and below 60?Because now I'm sure it heats up for no reason and
then when it feels like it it cools down.