<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/4 Jim Hitch <<a href="mailto:jim.hitch@englishlanguageservices.co.uk">jim.hitch@englishlanguageservices.co.uk</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi<br>
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Have picked up a beast of a Vaio from a mate. Don't have it with me at the<br>
moment, so not sure which one it is, but it's 2.8Ghz, I know that much.<br>
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The fan appears to be on max constantly (sounds like it's about to take off),<br>
how can I control it through konsole or otherwise?<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Jim<br>
</blockquote><div><br>first you need to see if the thermal points are set (you'll need passive, active[0] and active[1] trip points set in your /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRMxxx/trip_points <br>also the /proc/acpi/fan should contain at least a fan in there so that you could be able to see the fan. if it still doesn't contain it, then the only option is to install lm_sensors and try using them hoping that they recognize the fan and are able to modify its speed.<br>
</div></div><br>-- <br>dott. ing. beso