[Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

2009-10-31 Thread Simo L
I upgraded to 9.10 The fan stays off and the temperature goes up to about 99C, then the fan starts turning at max speed for 2 or 3 seconds and stops. After I check, the temperature reads 96, and starts going up again until 99-100, the fan turns back on for 3 seconds, and so on. -- Ubuntu 9.04

[Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

2009-10-07 Thread Simo L
Pascal, I did what you said. When I write aticonfig --initial, it tells me that xorg is not found. I reinstalled XServer (with a new xorg), and when I write that command again, it tells me : Segmentation Fault. I then reinstalled XServer, followed steps on this page :

[Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

2009-10-07 Thread Simo L
In the fourth line above: I reinstalled ATI DRIVERS not XSERVER. -- Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370173 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

2009-10-07 Thread Simo L
@Gonzali I followed the three steps in the link above (Remove, Install, Reconfigure). Once I removed the xorg, it refuses to install. It says no such package. I probably have to download it again, and I think that it can't be done just by the boot console. Thanks anyways -- Ubuntu 9.04 laptop

[Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

2009-09-28 Thread Simo L
My laptop is less than a week old, so it should be something other than a heatsink/thermal paste issue. I think it's hardware related, because I have many friends running Ubuntu 9.04 on their laptop without any problems. -- Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

[Bug 387620] Re: [karmic] laptop overheats and shuts off -- fans at low speed

2009-09-28 Thread Simo L
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Andy Whitcroft (apw) -- [karmic] laptop overheats and shuts off -- fans at low speed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/387620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

2009-09-23 Thread Simo L
I just bought a new laptop last week, Toshiba U500 with a P8600 2.1Ghz. It came with Vista, and it had a temperature/fan monitor there. Even while running important applications, the fan stays at 50-70% and the CPU doesn't get hot. However, after I installed Ubuntu 9.04, the fan doesn't work. It