Hi, I do not know if this can be of any help at all, but I am currently running Gentoo on an IBM ThinkPad T41p without any problems. I think that you could try to re-compile the kernel with some different combination of the ACPI options enabled. I am using kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 and I am not doing anything fancy with Power Management (no freq. scaling, suspend etc...) Assuming that your T40 and my T41p are similar in terms of PM, here is my PM kernel config section:
# # Power management options (ACPI, APM) # CONFIG_PM=y # CONFIG_PM_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is not set # # ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support # CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y # CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP is not set CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=m # CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO is not set CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m # CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set CONFIG_ACPI_IBM=m # CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0 # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y # CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER is not set CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER=m # # APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support # # CONFIG_APM is not set # # CPU Frequency scaling # # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set Regards, -AR On 5/2/05, Cliff Rowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings fellow Gentoo users :) > > I wonder if anyone could be of assistance. I am desperately trying to > get Gentoo playing nicely with my IBM ThinkPad T40, but I am having a > /serious/ problem that could easily render my laptop inoperable if I > continue to use it. > > Basically my CPU fan doesn't appear to be spinning up correctly under > Gentoo (but works as expected under WinXP - dual boot setup), and I > caught my CPU at 68 degrees yesterday! Fortunately I noticed before it > was too late, and used the Pentium M speedstep feature to reduce my CPU > to 500Mhz, dropping the temperature back down to a comfortable 44 degrees. > > I really don't know what to do. I've tried every approach I've > encountered, but nothing seems to be able to keep my CPU temperature > down without knocking 2/3 off my CPU speed (which is obviously not desired). > > Is there anyone with any words of wisdom on this topic? > > Many thanks in advance :) > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/2005 > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
