[ltp] Re: tpfand configuration for an X200s

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:41:46 -0200


On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Elias Oltmanns wrote:
> > chris@skull-tp:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.modprobe
> > options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1
> 
> I don't feel comfortable with that file name; on many systems files
> whose name contains a dot are ignored by the system shell scripts.

Indeed.  You should check the kernel log when you load thinkpad-acpi
(/var/log/kernel.log is a typical place where you could find it).  If
fan control is disabled, thinkpad-acpi will tell you so.

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