>I installed the latest OpenSolaris on my Compaq Presario F700. The laptop >is getting hot and the fan doesn't stop running. The memory usage is at >around 70%, I read that is the filesystem and I lowered that usage with >'set zfs:zfs_arc_max = 512000'. > >Any suggestions on how to lower the temp? How bad would it be if I lowered >that even more ( I have 2GB RAM)?
The amount of memory in use doesn't matter; what is important how busy the CPU is and how Solaris handles the CPU when it is idle. What CPU is it? How busy is the CPU? Casper