[ltp] Overheating again

[John Shane]

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:04:00 +0000
Peter Lemken <ibm-thinkpad@bloatware.de> wrote:

> On Wednesday 06 July 2005 20:36, John Shane wrote:
> > On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:53:36 -0400
> >
> > Carlos Maldonado <kamihacker@sohost.net> wrote:
> 
> > > do you have ibm_acpi module installed? maybe that's necessary, although
> > > I'm not sure
> >
> > Good question.  The kernel config file says CONFIG_ACPI=y and
> > CONFIG_ACPI_IBM=m.  But there is no ibm_acpi module in the list when I run
> > lsmod. More detective work to do.  John
> 
> You should download, compile and install the latest version 0.11 of the 
> ibm-acpi module. It can be found at ibm-acpi.sf.net and you should manually 
> insert the module with 'modprobe ibm-acpi experimental=1'. The 'experimental' 
> option lets you then use /proc/ibm/thermal and /proc/ibm/fan. 
> 
> The ibm-acpi module of the official 2.6.11 kernels is older and does not 
> provide these features.
> 
> Peter Lemken
> Berlin

Thanks for the tip, Peter.  I had saved one of your earlier replies to
someone else to use to do that.  I've downloaded the tar file.  Now to do
the other steps mentioned.  I'll let you know how it goes.  John