[ltp] Fingerprint reader occasionally gets hot (T61)

[Daniel Castro]

I'm sorry Hendrik-Jan but could you please elaborate more on this 
solution you say. I'm a bit lost with what you said.

Thanks,

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Hendrik-Jan Heins wrote:
> If you use this "hint" (actually it already is the solution) and load
> the module usbcore with enable.autosuspend=1 (or as with most kernels
> usbcore is part of the kernel, use this as a boot parameter).
>
> It worked perfect for me (on a X61).
>
> cheers,
>
> Hendrik-Jan
>
> 2008/8/1 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@grimmer.com>:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Daniel Castro <castromd@tcd.ie> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I have noticed that the fingerprint reader gets hot some times. My HDD is
>>> under the reader and I'm sure it is not the HDD what is making it warm-up.
>>> Does anyone else has experienced this? How to know why this is happening?
>>> What  to do to cool it down?
>>> As I said this happens occasionally, and the reader works flawlessly for me,
>>> I use it a lot. It's just a bit uncomfortable to have that hot thing in my
>>> palm.
>>>       
>> There was a similar thread some time ago - it seems like the
>> fingerprint reader device
>> does not suspend itself when it's not in use. Maybe the hint given
>> back then helps
>> you?
>>
>> http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-X61s-idle-temperature-palm-rest%3A-partial-solution-p18600497.html
>>
>> Bye,
>>   LenZ
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