Re: ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C

2008-02-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Dallas Hansen wrote: > I added the "options" line to /etc/modprobe.conf but was getting > error messages at boot (thinkpad-acpi module doesn't exist) and It is not a fatal problem. The module did not exist for you and so nothing was happening because of that config file line. > found that, after

Re: ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C

2008-02-03 Thread Patricia Fraser
Hi Dallas, > I added the "options" line to /etc/modprobe.conf but was getting > error messages at boot (thinkpad-acpi module doesn't exist) and found > that, after booting, networking (both wired and wireless) was broken > and I could no longer mount my fat32 external HD. Ack! If the module doesn

RE: ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C

2008-02-03 Thread Dallas Hansen
> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:10:08 + > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C > > Hi Dallas, > > I'm redirecting this to the list, in case it's useful for someone else. > > > Pardon my newbness, bu

Re: ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C

2008-02-03 Thread Patricia Fraser
Hi Dallas, I'm redirecting this to the list, in case it's useful for someone else. > Pardon my newbness, but after installing the tp-fancontrol script > in /usr/bin I get this when I try to run it: > > thinkpad:/home/string# tp-fancontrol > grep: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan: No such file or directory > g

Re: ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C

2008-02-03 Thread Patricia Fraser
Hi, > I'm running Debian Etch 4.0r2 on my ThinkPad T30, 512mb ram. Noticing > it felt hot under light-to-moderate CPU loads, I installed the Gnome > Hardware Sensors Monitor applet which indicates average CPU > temperatures between 53-60°C, putting it within the applet's red > zone. Is this a heal