Hi, On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 08:50:58PM +0000, Dan Clough wrote: > Hogwash. Clearly a hardware (HD, fan maybe) failure, and nothing to do with > Ubuntu or linux.
Well, actually, a bug in the ACPI subsystem or drivers, or a quirky BIOS interacting badly with a kernel not expecting it can both lead to the fan being turned off when it shouldn't be. Not always necessarily the kernel's "fault", but the point is that software is heavily involved with managing fans these days, and ACPI is complicated enough to make these problems more common than you might think. -Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.pytagsfs.org
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