On Aug Sun 24 2003 13:20, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, J. Javier Maestro wrote: > > > On Aug Sun 24 2003 01:11, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, J. Javier Maestro wrote: > > > > > > > My last issue with the kernel is the Thermal Unit Assistant. I > > > > set the kernel options CONFIG_TAU and CONFIG_TAU_AVERAGE, but at boot > > > > time, I can read the message "Thermal Assist Unit not available". I was > > > > wondering if any of you running a PBook G4 has, again, managed to set > > > > this up. > > > > > > It doesn't work here, too: > > > > > > /var/log/kern.log: > > > > > > Aug 23 18:42:48 [ ... ] kernel: Thermal assist unit not available > > > > > > Excerpt from the kernel config here (2.4.21-ben2): > > > > > > CONFIG_TAU=y > > > # CONFIG_TAU_INT is not set > > > CONFIG_TAU_AVERAGE=y > > > > Same as me then :-( would have been cool to have such a thing, although > > innacurate, there could have been ways of calibrating the device... > > > > a pity, isn't it? > > Yes. But it seems to be a hardware issue, if I understand correctly > what I read in Configure.help. > > The important point: It seems heat can become dangerous for the > lifetime of a machine: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2002/debian-powerpc-200204/msg00651.html > > Apple writes the operating temperature of the machine is > 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C): > > http://www.apple.com/powerbook/specs.html > > So in a heatwave as we had in Europe until recently (with temperatures > here in my flat until up to ~ 33 °C, no aircondition) I wouldn't rely > on a sensor, that might give me wrong values: I prefer to rely on the > thermometer in my room and the touch of my hand to the metal case of > the machine, shutting it down if I think the heat my damage it.
True... anyone with a nice hack/mod of the Powerbook with temp sensors? XXDD Would be nice, woudn't it? And I have been reading as well on the diode-light for keyboards... a pity Apple only did it in the 17''.. I might give it a try some day! :-) -- J. Javier Maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://rigel.homelinux.com
