Googling "ubuntu dell overheat" is strangely ambiguous... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dell+latitude+ubuntu+overheat&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
Though in my specific case -- this time -- the fan doesn't work on my machine any longer (Diagnostics test fails and reads 0 RPM on the fan, and it does not visibly move). This is bizarre as on Saturday I was viewing RAW images which are rather CPU intensive to display and edit. However at this point it is impossible to say if the machine overheated to damage the fan/controller/motherboard, or the fan died of its own free will on Sunday. Either way -- There are perhaps 'issues' abound that are not limited to my machine (based on cursory searching and forum reports of issues/bugzilla cases). Stan On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Forest Bond <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFJWT3dRO4fQQdv5AwRAu6DAJ4zknn5lVHdQC+288EpHTZOAMGeYACgzYt9 > nSqjV+6t028Y9+/CyFmPzFE= > =k9Et > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
