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On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:07:52 -0500 (CDT) |
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"list-catcher" <list-catcher@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop |
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> > gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did |
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> > using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan |
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> > control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should |
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> > I be looking at to solve the problem? |
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I've had an Acer with some "little overheating issues" and it turned |
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out that if started with a low Cpu temp the fan did not start. But if |
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memory serves right I've done a script on startup that checked for the |
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fan's rpm and if 0 it would start it, or something similar. But maybe |
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that is not your case. You'll find interesting stuff in /proc/acpi/ |
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that may give you some hint about what is going on and take it from |
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there. |
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> After further investigation of the above with the helpful hint of |
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> checking out 'fancontrol' apparently my laptop contains no pwm |
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> capable chips. Now I suspect this is highly unlikely as the fan |
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> speed does indeed change under vista. I wonder then if it's just not |
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> detecting the chip. Anyone know of a utility or way to find my chip? |
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I'm fairly confident that you can figure that one out with just one |
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google. |
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