Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo laptop issues
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:07:52 -0500 (CDT) list-catcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should I be looking at to solve the problem? I've had an Acer with some little overheating issues and it turned out that if started with a low Cpu temp the fan did not start. But if memory serves right I've done a script on startup that checked for the fan's rpm and if 0 it would start it, or something similar. But maybe that is not your case. You'll find interesting stuff in /proc/acpi/ that may give you some hint about what is going on and take it from there. After further investigation of the above with the helpful hint of checking out 'fancontrol' apparently my laptop contains no pwm capable chips. Now I suspect this is highly unlikely as the fan speed does indeed change under vista. I wonder then if it's just not detecting the chip. Anyone know of a utility or way to find my chip? I'm fairly confident that you can figure that one out with just one google.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo laptop issues
Miernik wrote: list-catcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should I be looking at to solve the problem? I don't mean to be insulting but are you sure you were compiling under Vista? Typically, most users of Windows systems don't compile. They just install pre-compiled binaries or packages if you will. But maybe you are a developer who actually compiles software under Windows... Anyway, the reason I ask is because unless your were actually running your CPU at full load under Windows, it's normal to have your system become warmer while emerging packages on Gentoo because you are actually compiling instead of just installing. Cheers, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo laptop issues
My dmesg has this: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (39 C) and then there's acpitool- a Linux ACPI client, allowing you to query or set ACPI values Running 'acpitool -t' returns: Thermal zone 1 : ok, 61 C Trip points : - critical (S5): 100 C --- Vladimir on 07/21/2008 03:07 PM list-catcher said the following: The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should I be looking at to solve the problem? After further investigation of the above with the helpful hint of checking out 'fancontrol' apparently my laptop contains no pwm capable chips. Now I suspect this is highly unlikely as the fan speed does indeed change under vista. I wonder then if it's just not detecting the chip. Anyone know of a utility or way to find my chip? -- Vladimir G. Ivanovic signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo laptop issues
list-catcher wrote: I just managed to get Gentoo installed on my Presario v6420 which is the first laptop I've ever had linux on and I've got two problems that I thought I'd ask the list about: The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should I be looking at to solve the problem? sys-apps/lm_sensors You need to have a kernel which supports your mainboard's and CPU's sensors. With the fancontrol daemon, the fan will be controlled by software using user-defined temperature rules (for example, 30C=40% Fan, 40C=50% Fan, 50C=70% Fan, etc.) I've also noticed two seperate clipboards. One, using the usual middle click button and another using shift-insert. These clipboards are different in what they paste... Anyone know more about this? This is a feature, not a bug ;) That way you have a temporary clipboard as well as a main clipboard. I don't know if it can be disabled (since I like this feature and therefore never bothered to check how to turn it off :P)
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo laptop issues
list-catcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should I be looking at to solve the problem? How about trying some of these: http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-power/?full_cat Button #2 of the touchpad, which seems to be set as the upper right corner of the pad, controls paste (as in cut and paste). The button works great at first but then after a period, or it may be related to a heat issue, it stops working. Restarting X solves the problem. I have not noticed it failing with gpm but I have not stayed in console as long. Remapping works but I'd like some pointers on solving this problem. Maybe install xev to see if it outputs any data when it stops working so you can see if its a hardware or software problem. I've also noticed two seperate clipboards. One, using the usual middle click button and another using shift-insert. These clipboards are different in what they paste... Anyone know more about this? Here you can read about it: http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html -- Miernik http://miernik.name/
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo laptop issues
The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should I be looking at to solve the problem? After further investigation of the above with the helpful hint of checking out 'fancontrol' apparently my laptop contains no pwm capable chips. Now I suspect this is highly unlikely as the fan speed does indeed change under vista. I wonder then if it's just not detecting the chip. Anyone know of a utility or way to find my chip? -- All any drug amounts to is tweaking the incoming data. You have to be incredibly self-centered or pathetic to be satisfied with simply tweaking the incoming data. -- William Gibson
