Re: sony tx1xp fan control

2006-01-18 Thread Minty
thanks for the help... > Do you have a 'fan' module loaded? yup. /proc/acpi/fan exists, it is just empty my/may not be relevent, but /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/ATF0 has a number of files # more cooling_mode cooling mode: passive # more polling_frequency # more temperature temperature:

sony tx1xp fan control

2006-01-16 Thread Minty
Hiya, I bought a sony vaio tx1xp a couple of months back, wiped 'doz and installed Kubuntu. Lovely as pie, and I am a very happy bunny. If anyone wants the details, see [1] However, the fan turns on/off every few seconds, and it is starting to annoy me. Even when running on a battery and the C

Re: tosh libretto apm / battery / disk woes

2005-05-18 Thread Minty
On 5/18/05, Dom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why are you using apm instead of acpi? I have some Libretto 100CTs using > acpi (The older ones only had APM BIOS, but it was a simple upgrade). Mostly because I know apm will work on them, and I haven't yet seen acpi working. Call it fear of the unkn

Re: tosh libretto apm / battery / disk woes

2005-05-15 Thread Minty
for the record, acpi=off at boot time will disable acpi, but the apm stuff isn't enabled in the debain kernel v2.6.8 re-compiled the kernel with the following settings # ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support # # CONFIG_ACPI is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y # # APM (Advanced Powe

tosh libretto apm / battery / disk woes

2005-05-14 Thread Minty
Hi, Tosh Libretto 110CT running Debian testing. Boot with acpi=off to get apm supported, but: - beeps every second or so with the battery removed - apm reports 0% critical for a battery that reports 100% in another libretto - "apm -s" fails everytime. Any ideas? It's a new 40GB harddisk. I lef