Re: The fan is always on, even when the desktop is rather cool

2006-09-16 Thread Wei Hu
Thanks David, I checked this page. now if I do: $ sysctl hw.acpi hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5 hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5 hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1 hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE hw.acpi.standby_state: S1 hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3 hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1 hw.acpi.s4bios: 0

Re: The fan is always on, even when the desktop is rather cool

2006-09-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Saturday 16 September 2006 03:05, Wei Hu wrote: Thanks David, I checked this page. now if I do: $ sysctl hw.acpi hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5 hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5 hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1 hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE hw.acpi.standby_state: S1

The fan is always on, even when the desktop is rather cool

2006-09-15 Thread Wei Hu
I have 3 systems in my desktop: 1) When FreeBSD runs, my desktop fans are always running, and this make annoy noisy. 2) However when Debian runs, the fan eventually stops unless I am performing a load intensive task. 3) In Windows, the fan is almost always off. I tried to use acpi and apm, but

Re: The fan is always on, even when the desktop is rather cool

2006-09-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Friday 15 September 2006 18:10, Wei Hu wrote: I have 3 systems in my desktop: 1) When FreeBSD runs, my desktop fans are always running, and this make annoy noisy. 2) However when Debian runs, the fan eventually stops unless I am performing a load intensive task. 3) In Windows, the fan is