From: "David Z Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Laurent Canet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There is a "Dell Laptop Support" (CONFIG_I8K) option that enables some > > dell-specific managment options (such as fan speed, temp, bios version and > > battery status). It is intended for inspiron 8XXX, but could work on some > > other models. Userland access tools are debian-packaged (i8kutils) > > In particular, the i8k driver and associated utilities worked > admirably on my old Latitude C600. (I had written a windowmaker > dockapp that displayed the CPU temperature and fan speed, but never > actually put the code on any reliable storage. Oops.) My impression > is that it would work on pretty much all Inspirons and Latitudes, but > that may be wrong (particularly if very new models are ACPI-only).
iirc, it doesn't do a thing for Inspiron 2500.
