On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 06:27:39 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > Yep. In GNU/Linux, this pretty much boils down to the thermal kernel > module. I believe if you have a borked thermal module, or you don't > load one, or you do but you set the wrong trip points, you can easily > brick a modern laptop.
I'm not sure if an IBM ThinkPad 600 qualifies as a "modern" laptop, since it was originally introduced in 1998; but I run Lenny on one of those. In fact, I created a web page devoted to running Lenny on it: http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm. If I recall correctly, the lmsensors module recognizes the particular sensor hardware on this laptop as unsupported and refuses to load! Yet I have had no thermal issues with it. Of course, I haven't deliberately stressed it either, such as wrapping it in a blanket. But I have used it extensively, with no problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org