[ltp] Anyone has similar problem?
Eric Van Buggenhaut
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 8 May 2010 22:18:10 +0200
2010/5/8, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>:
> On Fri, 07 May 2010, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
>> On 06/05/2010 16:02, Jay Brooks wrote:
>> > Turn off acpi in the kernel options. It is probably going to be in that
>> > area.
>>
>> Turning off acpi on a modern laptop doesn't exactly look like a good
>> idea, though.
>
> It is dangerous. It will turn off nearly every safeguard against
> overheating, only the last resort protections will remain and they all
> cause data loss and will trigger only when things are so dire that you
> could already have damaged something in the planar card.
>
> In a box that is already crashing, it is NOT something one should EVER
> suggest someone to do. What if the box is crashing because its thermal
> sinks are going bad?
>
> Do NOT turn ACPI off on any Lenovo ThinkPad. Do NOT run a Lenovo
> ThinkPad without the "thermal" and "processor" ACPI drivers.
>
How do I know whether thermal and processor acpi drivers have been loaded?