Cliff Rowley wrote:
Greetings fellow Gentoo users :)
I wonder if anyone could be of assistance. I am desperately trying to get Gentoo playing nicely with my IBM ThinkPad T40, but I am having a /serious/ problem that could easily render my laptop inoperable if I continue to use it.
Basically my CPU fan doesn't appear to be spinning up correctly under Gentoo (but works as expected under WinXP - dual boot setup), and I caught my CPU at 68 degrees yesterday! Fortunately I noticed before it was too late, and used the Pentium M speedstep feature to reduce my CPU to 500Mhz, dropping the temperature back down to a comfortable 44 degrees.
I really don't know what to do. I've tried every approach I've encountered, but nothing seems to be able to keep my CPU temperature down without knocking 2/3 off my CPU speed (which is obviously not desired).
Is there anyone with any words of wisdom on this topic?
Many thanks in advance :)
Quick google shows these people seem to be working on the fan control: http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
Eugene.
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