2007/4/18, Dan McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 4/15/07, Tobias Powalowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > the new kernel has acpi modules as much modularized as possible, it was
> > requested due to some people having problems with the monitoring modules in
> > the kernel.
> >
> > I have written a small wiki about the acpi modules, you need to add them to
> > your MODULES=() array in rc.conf.
> >
> > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acpi_modules
>
> I just found this to be an AWFUL idea. My computer just died due to
> overheating. It was fine after  I let it cool off- and rebooted and
> loaded the thermal module as quick as I could.

Weird. Was it so hardly loaded or badly cooled?
IMHO tha's not normal that hardware overheats with power-saving
features turned off.

>
> We can't do this to everyone's machine because of a few people- this
> could fuck over a lot of people (excuse the language). I know it just
> cost me the better part of an hour, and I haven't even found which
> modules I actually need yet!
>
> There has to be a better way than this. Not happy right now.

Load all modules except those who will fail on modprobe ;-)
Dunno if it is possible to load them with udev automatically. :-/

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
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