Re: Fan control (and power-saving in general) on Dell Inspiron Studio 153x

2012-04-03 Thread Hannu Virtanen
Hi, I used earlier a HP laptop with a powerful (and old) amd processor. If it was on many hours, it overheated so that the inner control mechanism suddenly shut off the whole thing...   I think that it is better if the fan is used too much than too little.  -hv  - Original Messag

Re: Fan control (and power-saving in general) on Dell Inspiron Studio 153x

2012-04-03 Thread Pablo Soto
El Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:09:14 -0700 Joe Emenaker escribió: > So, I multi-boot my Dell Inspiron Studio 1537 with Windows 7, Debian, > and Backtrack (which is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian)... > > Windows 7 gets the best battery life out of all of them. I've tried > to get better fan co

Re: can't get Iceweasel to work on my laptop

2012-04-03 Thread Hannu Virtanen
a good idea in my opinion. -hv - Original Message - From: Ruperto Mendiones I'm late to this thread and don't fully know the specs of the laptop in question. But.. if Tina can boot from a cd, could she use Knoppix  to identify a hardware problem vs a software one? Ruperto -- To UN

Re: can't get Iceweasel to work on my laptop

2012-04-03 Thread Ruperto Mendiones
I'm late to this thread and don't fully know the specs of the laptop in question. But.. if Tina can boot from a cd, could she use Knoppix to identify a hardware problem vs a software one? Ruperto On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 11:45 -0700, Hannu Virtanen wrote: > -- > > some clarifications:

Fan control (and power-saving in general) on Dell Inspiron Studio 153x

2012-04-03 Thread Joe Emenaker
So, I multi-boot my Dell Inspiron Studio 1537 with Windows 7, Debian, and Backtrack (which is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian)... Windows 7 gets the best battery life out of all of them. I've tried to get better fan control and sensor data in Debian, but, as I recall, the prober from

Re: can't get Iceweasel to work on my laptop

2012-04-03 Thread Hannu Virtanen
-- some clarifications:  --- - Original Message - From: Hannu Virtanen Of course everybody understands to backup the important files if reinstalling the whole computer? This is just a computer, not a house; to  ('install' was dropped off...) a debian system is nor

Re: can't get Iceweasel to work on my laptop

2012-04-03 Thread Hannu Virtanen
Just now I'm with a mobile and will not write long. Of course everybody understands to backup the important files if reinstalling the whole computer? This is just a computer, not a house; to a debian system is normally not a big thing. If the machine has got some parts, which are not working

Re: can't get Iceweasel to work on my laptop

2012-04-03 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/04/12 20:44, Hannu Virtanen wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - > From: Scott Ferguson > > -hv said: > >>> I think that you need to get root password. >>> You maybe better to reinstall the whole thing > > Scott Ferguson said: > > *If* Tina had the root password she wouldn

Re: can't get Iceweasel to work on my laptop

2012-04-03 Thread Hannu Virtanen
- Original Message - From: Scott Ferguson -hv said: >> I think that you need to get root password. >> You maybe better to reinstall the whole thing Scott Ferguson said: *If* Tina had the root password she wouldn't need to rebuild everything. - Yes I agree. *If* Tina