Fw: sony tx1xp fan control

2006-01-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
Oops, I thought i sent this to the list... Begin forwarded message: Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:25:32 +0200 From: Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Minty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: sony tx1xp fan control On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:23:00 + Minty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

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:

Re: sony tx1xp fan control

2006-01-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
I'm sending this back to the list as it might be useful for archive readers On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:09:42 + Minty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/16/06, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do 'echo 3 > /proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state' to stop it > > (which also puts it back in auto mode

Re: sony tx1xp fan control

2006-01-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:09:39 + Minty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

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