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Devon Miller wrote: |
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> Do you have CONFIG_CPU_FREQ defined in your kernel config? |
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> I have an HP laptop where I have seen similar behavior. After dealing |
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> with it for some time, I tracked it down to a problem with changing |
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> the cpu's frequency. For a very small period after the clock is |
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> changed, the thermal sensor reads back nonsense. I've seen readings |
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> like "69... 69... 95... 70..." and that's with 0.5 second sampling. |
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> I've found 2 workarounds: |
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> 1) The quick and easy way: |
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> /etc/init.d/powernowd stop |
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> Now, build x.org <http://x.org> |
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> /etc/init.d/powernowd start |
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> Of course you'll need to replace powernowd with what ever power |
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> management daemon you have emerged. |
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> 2) The uglier, but potentially more useful fix: |
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I haven't tried your suggestions yet. |
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At first, I didn't think this could be a heating issue. The reason for |
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this was twofold. First, I hadn't explicitly followed the instructions |
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in the ACPI Guide, so I figured that because of this maybe it was |
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causing some "wonky" behaviour. Second, I had the laptop into Dell 6 |
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months ago and they did extensive diagnostics and ultimately replaced |
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the fan. |
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However, I changed my thoughs after reading some of the replies in this |
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thread, most of the unified assumption that it *was* a heating issue. |
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Also, when I was doing the original install of the Gentoo base system, I |
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selected to have ACPI built into the kernel, but didn't change any of |
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the defaults that were selected in genkernel. Hence, I was trying to |
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rebuild prior to following the remaining instructions in the ACPI Guide |
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and the laptop shutdown in the middle of the kernel build. Luckiy, on |
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reboot, it defaulted to the good kernel build. |
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Anyway, because of this, I gave up last night. I guess when I initially |
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tried to build xorg-x11 and it bombed, I never let the laptop properly |
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cool down. I retried tonight and successfully got the new kernel to |
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build and am now creating the scripts as directed in the ACPI Guide. |
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Once I've done this, I will try again with building xorg-x11 and will |
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try the above suggestions. |
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Thanks to all who replied to this. I'm really hoping that I can get |
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Gentoo installed on my laptop. For me, after trying Gentoo, everything |
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else pales in comparison! |
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Regards, |
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Colleen |
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