On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 12:21:59AM +0100, Christian Luijten wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed Debian on my PowerMac7,3 a few days ago (thanks again, > Sven) and it seems that it is louder than it is under OS X. A quick look > inside showed that the two front CPU fans are blowing at full power, > whereas on OS X they would be blowing at a fraction of this speed. > > Are the speeds user-adjustable or are they fiddling with constants in > the driver or how can they be controlled, if at all? > > Would it be possible to turn all fans off for a few seconds and turn > them on one by one? I have a strange noise coming from the case which I > hope to pinpoint.
Have you tried the debian powerpc kernels 2.6.8-8 and -9, which include support for G5 thermal management ? Actually everyone should upgrade to 2.6.8-9 because of the various security issues fixed by it. Friendly, Sven Luther
