From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GY0As-00031K-1D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:00:34 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9CCvFLg002241; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:57:15 GMT Received: from mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.47]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9CCrjxL015743 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:53:46 GMT Received: from aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20061012125342.UQCB15018.mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:53:42 +0100 Received: from mail.dmz2.roeleveld.co.uk ([82.12.151.219]) by aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20061012125342.FGBN644.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@mail.dmz2.roeleveld.co.uk> for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:53:42 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.dmz2.roeleveld.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DFD118051 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:56:11 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at roeleveld.co.uk Received: from mail.dmz2.roeleveld.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.dmz2.roeleveld.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id e3QhTtFXrRif for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:56:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (web.dmz1.roeleveld.co.uk [10.1.2.13]) by mail.dmz2.roeleveld.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB1A1804A for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:56:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from 10.1.4.14 (SquirrelMail authenticated user joost) by localhost with HTTP; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:56:08 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <54453.10.1.4.14.1160657768.squirrel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200610011831.21022.Michael@gisbers.de> References: <87r6xtmtwf.fsf@newsguy.com> <200610011831.21022.Michael@gisbers.de> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:56:08 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT overheat] How to cause shutdown on overheat From: "Joost Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k9CCvFMA002241 X-Archives-Salt: b04e7cbd-81e2-47d5-b1a4-f9f1dac94131 X-Archives-Hash: a0f29240d898df312c705b7f507f6424 On Sunday 01 October 2006 17:31, Michael Gisbers wrote: > > Just have a look to your trip_point: > > mgisbers@mars ~ $ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points > critical (S5): 95 C > passive: 87 C: tc1=3D1 tc2=3D5 tsp=3D10 devices=3D0xdff= 72dc4 > > When reaching 95=B0 my computer starts to shutdown fast. > My trip_point reads: cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points critical (S5): 80 C passive: 78 C: tc1=3D4 tc2=3D3 tsp=3D60 devices=3D0xffff8= 800007fce00 active[0]: 78 C: devices=3D0xffff8800004f2200 The value for 'critical' has been entered into the BIOS, at which point t= he computer will perform a hard shutdown (equivalent to pulling the plug) On my old laptop (died recently) I had it set up to initiate a proper shutdown (shutdown -h now) when it would get near this value. How can I configure acpid to perform a proper shutdown when it reaches 78= C, which ACPI-event would I get? I'd rather not experiment for obvious reasons as this machine is used to store my emails and other important files. Thanks, Joost Roeleveld --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list