Re: [gentoo-user] Re: My laptop is freaking me out.

[Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

Ian K wrote:

>Heres the bad news.. I turned my laptop on today, and the fans didn't
>come on like
>they did before, and within five minutes and 1 compile, the laptop was off.
>
>  
>

Ok, so you defintely have some kind of problem with your fans.  Did you
follow the cleaning instructions that others provided?  Maybe they are
just too gummed up to spin up reliably?

Also, does anyone else here have the same model laptop that can confirm
that the ACPI stuff looks right??  I mean, not even a thermal sensor??
That seems weird!

Some of the other things that I have read or can think of that might
effect the fans would be:

1. In dual boot system with Windows, warm or cold restarts from Windows
to Linux can affect whether the fans spin up.

2. Firmware (BIOS) updates.  (See Sager 9880 and 9860 and "stuck fans"!!)

3. Whether you are running on AC or battery.


>I get:
>
>CONFIG_ACPI=y
>  
>

Looks sane to me....


>Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line)
>Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
>  
>

Do you get better results if you start with the AC power connected? 
What if you do a truly cold restart? (remove the battery, unplug then
connect the AC, and then power up).

-Richard

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