Hello PLUG, I have Ubuntu Linux 8.xx on an old toshiba with phoenix bios. I works nicely but unfortunately it suddenly "dies" without warning after a few minutes of cpu intensive work. I am quite sure its the temperature of the processor because the laptop's keyboard and case in the region where the processor is located gets very hot. The fan seems to be not working hard enough. I have already scoured the internet but found no solution in sight that deals with temperature or fan control for a toshiba with a phoenix bios.
I have also checked the its heatsink but it is clean and not clogged with lint. As shown below /proc/acpi/[fan|thermal_zone] is not helpful at all. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /proc/acpi/fan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /proc/acpi/ ac_adapter button event info sleep wakeup alarm dsdt fadt power_resource thermal_zone battery embedded_controller fan processor video [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /proc/acpi/thermal_zone [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Before I open it up and hard wire the fan to its power supply anything you can advice, share so that I can at least control the fan to lower the temperature of the processor? -- Regards, Martin Acupanda _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
