thanks for the help... > Do you have a 'fan' module loaded?
yup. /proc/acpi/fan exists, it is just empty my/may not be relevent, but /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/ATF0 has a number of files # more cooling_mode <setting not supported> cooling mode: passive # more polling_frequency <polling disabled> # more temperature temperature: 61 C It seems 61 is it's normal temp, although it does increase if the machine is really made to dance. plus a few other files. The passive cooling and polling disabled made me wonder if this is all being controlled via the bios and as such beyond my control? The bios itself shows nothing about fan control settings when I looked. > You could post the output of 'lsmod' and 'dmesg' lsmod Module Size Used by thermal 13192 0 fan 4740 0 button 6672 0 ac 4996 0 ehci_hcd 29448 0 uhci_hcd 28048 0 ipw2200 92680 0 e100 32768 0 ipt_REJECT 5248 3 ipt_limit 2432 1 ipt_state 2048 3 ip_conntrack 39864 1 ipt_state ipt_LOG 6400 8 iptable_filter 2944 1 ip_tables 18176 5 ipt_REJECT,ipt_limit,ipt_state,ipt_LOG,iptable_filter af_packet 20232 2 ipv6 217408 10 i915 17920 1 drm 58004 2 i915 pcmcia 24584 2 sonypi 23984 3 video 16004 0 tc1100_wmi 6916 0 sony_acpi 5516 0 pcc_acpi 11392 0 hotkey 9508 0 dev_acpi 11396 0 i2c_acpi_ec 5760 0 battery 9604 1 container 4608 0 rtc 11832 0 hci_usb 13192 0 bluetooth 43012 1 hci_usb firmware_class 9472 1 ipw2200 ieee80211 27012 1 ipw2200 ieee80211_crypt 5636 2 ipw2200,ieee80211 ohci1394 30644 0 yenta_socket 22540 1 rsrc_nonstatic 12032 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 44932 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic tpm_nsc 6528 0 tpm 9504 1 tpm_nsc hw_random 5268 0 snd_hda_intel 15872 1 snd_hda_codec 72064 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss 46368 0 snd_mixer_oss 16128 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 78344 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 21764 1 snd_pcm snd 48644 8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9184 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm intel_agp 21276 1 agpgart 32328 3 drm,intel_agp nls_cp437 5888 1 ntfs 92016 1 dm_mod 50364 1 joydev 9280 0 tsdev 7616 0 evdev 9088 1 eeprom 7184 0 i2c_sensor 3456 1 eeprom i2c_i801 8204 0 i2c_core 19728 4 i2c_acpi_ec,eeprom,i2c_sensor,i2c_i801 fuse 32780 2 sr_mod 15652 0 sbp2 21128 0 scsi_mod 124872 2 sr_mod,sbp2 ieee1394 90936 2 ohci1394,sbp2 psmouse 26116 0 mousedev 10912 1 parport_pc 31812 0 lp 11460 0 parport 32072 2 parport_pc,lp md 40656 0 ext3 115976 1 jbd 48536 1 ext3 processor 23100 1 thermal mii 5248 1 e100 usbcore 104188 4 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,hci_usb ide_cd 36996 0 cdrom 33952 2 sr_mod,ide_cd ide_disk 16128 4 ide_generic 1664 0 piix 9476 1 ide_core 125268 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,piix unix 24624 293 vesafb 8088 0 capability 5000 0 commoncap 6784 1 capability vga16fb 12232 1 vgastate 8320 1 vga16fb softcursor 2432 2 vesafb,vga16fb cfbimgblt 2944 2 vesafb,vga16fb cfbfillrect 3840 2 vesafb,vga16fb cfbcopyarea 4480 2 vesafb,vga16fb fbcon 34176 74 tileblit 2560 1 fbcon font 8448 1 fbcon bitblit 5248 1 fbcon dmesg 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 [4466004.853000] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found [4466004.853000] hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected [4466005.343000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [4466005.794000] ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line) [4466012.854000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0] [4466012.854000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] [4466012.958000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [ATF0] (50 C) [4466381.931000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xaa on isa0060/serio0). [4466381.931000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e02a <keycode>' to make it known. [4466382.029000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xaa on isa0060/serio0). [4466382.029000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e02a <keycode>' to make it known. [4466385.572000] eth1: no IPv6 routers present [4466387.411000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xaa on isa0060/serio0). [4466387.411000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e02a <keycode>' to make it known. then the last two lines are repeated a great deal....
