[ltp] Re: Interesting Fan Related r50p Revelation

[Mario Limonciello]

Mario Limonciello wrote:

>So this morning I put my laptop into suspend to disk mode and leave for
>work.  I get into work power the thing back up and of course the fan is
>blaring loud right after my resume, event though the laptop is nicely
>chilled from the mild drive this morning.
>
>I am getting very frustrated with it, and decide to just turn off the
>fan in /proc/acpi/ibm, and live in peace for a little bit.  Once it gets
>up to maybe 40C on the CPU, I decide to turn the fan back on and again
>that violent hum of 3200 rpm is really bothering me.
>
>I can't take it, so I out of a violent rage hit ctrl-atl-backspace and
>kill X.  After gdm comes back up, to my surprise the fan turns OFF.  As
>in no blaring noises, comfortable working environment.  I'm not sure
>why, but it seems like something in this fglrx driver still isn't
>initialized by vbetool properly, and restarting X decides to properly
>initialize it.  I have to say, its wonderful working in peace and quiet....
>
>  
>
Now the odd part is the fan turns itself back on after a little bit, and
I can't even reproduce my wonderful effect again.... oh well