[ltp] fan problem on R51

Roland Bitterli linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 01:48:42 +0200


Hi Subbu,

for the fan you may try cpufreqd or something similar. At least on my
T40p it helped a lot.

rab

On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 15:01, Subrahmanyam Wuppalapati wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am a newbie to linux. I somehow managed to install Linux for the
> first time in my life on my thinkpad R51..thanks to the info on
> various websites. However there seems to be having a problem with my
> cpu fan...it looks like its always running that too only when I am on
> linux and it makes an awful noise. I looked on the web but couldn't
> find a reasonable answer and solution. Will appreciate if somebody can
> tell me what to do....
> 
> I am running FC2 on R51. Also is there a way to get tapping on the
> Ultranav to work?
> 
> thanks.
> subbu.