[ltp] Sensors still an issue?

Boyan linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 30 May 2002 12:11:06 +0200 (CEST)


James,

On Thu, 30 May 2002, James Holden wrote:

> That's strange. I though the fan speed was a hardware issue. Imagine
> your Windows OS crashes in an infinite, processor-intensive loop. The
> software can't control the fan any more so your CPU cooks. Can't
> imagine that's the case!
>
> My TP600X regulates the fan just fine and always has done.

Do you mean that the fan stops from time to time? That would be
wonderful. Question is how to achieve this? Do you have lm_sensors
installed and did you ever run sensors-detect? I have good control
over the harddisk spin-down, but not on the fan.

> It may be worth playing with the options in tpctl.

Do you know of some options that give control over the fan. Well, I
tweaked different CPU options but to no avail. It seems the tpctl
cannot change the speed on the fly on my machine. If it is booted high
it stays high.

> PS: Do you have a DVD drive in you 600X? I have and it's the only thing I'm
> having problems with.

Yes, I have a dvd and no problems so far. I use it quite intensively,
actually, because the whole suse distro (7 CDs) is available also on a
dvd which is a great convenience.

Regards,
Boyan



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