<posted & mailed> Linas ?virblis wrote: > * For how long does it run cool?
i would say 1-2 hours, but i am not sure > * Does it get warmer gradually, or suddenly becomes hot? i gets hot gradually and stays hot for long (half or 1 hour, but i am not sure) > * Does it feel anything like 100 C? It should be fairly hot. Well the lower side is pretty hot, it could by 80 C > * Laptop model? BIOS version? it is hp tc4200 tablet-- do not know about the bios, but i remember it was released in 2005 > * Is it new machine? about 6 months, but that strange behaviour is later, 1-2months ago (maybe because i used working with that tablet for less time) > * If it is not new, did it work before? > * Does it work with proprietary OS? ms-windows xp is installed, but i never use it, so i cannot tell. That could be a try to make. But I suspect X is involved, since sometimes it gets 100% of the cpu time (according to 'top') for tens minutes, with no special reasons that i can see. Maybe a misconfiguration of xorg.conf? (Graphics card is ATI9700radeon) However, when the machine shuts down due to critical T, i have never noticed X taking a lot of cpu time; nor any other applications; moreover 'load average' is below 1. > After running your laptop for some time (to let it warp up, so that the > temperatures reported wold not be the room temperature): > ok, i'll do > I still suspect broken ACPI. Try upgrading to a new kernel (found in > Unstable and Experimental), and see if that helps. Some popular laptops > need at least 2.6.21 to work properly. i am running k/ubuntu, for which 2.6.21 is not yet available. If needed i can compiile it by myself but it woudl take me a lot of time. thank you -- Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
