On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:07:52 -0500 (CDT) "list-catcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The most important of the problems involves the fan. The laptop > > gets a whole lot hotter using linux while compiling than it did > > using vista while compiling which implies that there is some fan > > control missing from my install. What sort of ebuilds/apps should > > I be looking at to solve the problem? I've had an Acer with some "little overheating issues" and it turned out that if started with a low Cpu temp the fan did not start. But if memory serves right I've done a script on startup that checked for the fan's rpm and if 0 it would start it, or something similar. But maybe that is not your case. You'll find interesting stuff in /proc/acpi/ that may give you some hint about what is going on and take it from there. > > After further investigation of the above with the helpful hint of > checking out 'fancontrol' apparently my laptop contains no pwm > capable chips. Now I suspect this is highly unlikely as the fan > speed does indeed change under vista. I wonder then if it's just not > detecting the chip. Anyone know of a utility or way to find my chip? I'm fairly confident that you can figure that one out with just one google.
