On 01 Dec 2004 08:44:37 +0100 Christian Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> epilogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i'm hoping that someone here might have a suggestion for a > > longstanding and nagging little problem - my laptop fan /never/ > > shuts off. > > > > the machine is a Compal N30W, which is the OEM version of the Dell > > Inspiron 5000. i'm running 5.3 and have the latest BIOS. hello christian, thank you for sharing your solutino. i gave it a try, but did not observe any change in behaviour. everyone, i would very much appreciate any other suggestions that might be offered. the OP can be found here : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-November/066592.html and here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2004-November/005310.html thanks again, epi > I had a similar problem on my old Toshiba Portege 3110CT, which i > fixed by putting > > hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest=C1 > > in /etc/sysctl.conf > > and > > devd_enable="NO" > > in /etc/rc.conf. > > I don't know if it will fix your problem and even on my own laptop > it's probably not the correct way to fix it, but it works for me. :) > > -- > Christian Laursen > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"