[Notebook] Fan Usage

eeknay · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject: [Notebook] Fan Usage

Hi,

it never really bothered my, but now its time to solve this problem.
I'm using the gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r8 and the fan is running way too long and often compared to windows, which is also running on the notebook.

Its an Asus Notebook, therefore I did install the asus-extras along with this kernel.

Unfortunally I don't have any idea where to start solving the problem.

eeknay
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soulwarrior · Guru Joined: 21 Oct 2002 Posts: 331

You could activate cpufreq in your kernel to cool down the cpu.
Then you can use a program like cpudyn to slow down the cpu in time of inactivity.

eeknay · Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks a lot. This really does the trick.

eeknay
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Linda: "The holiday season is time of celebration for most but it is also the time to remember the tragic suffering of the less fortunate."
Morbo: "Earthlings do not yet know the meaning of suffering."

dgtaro · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:54 pm Post subject:

what are the best options to put for CPUDYN?

I have a thinkpad t41.

eeknay · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:25 am Post subject:

I did not really change any settings. The default settings work just perfect, but you might want to take a look at the disc options. Also be sure to enable all the stuff in the kernel needed by cpydyn.
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Linda: "The holiday season is time of celebration for most but it is also the time to remember the tragic suffering of the less fortunate."
Morbo: "Earthlings do not yet know the meaning of suffering."