fan and power control not working on my laptop

rabidsquirrel314 · n00b Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 5

i own a gateway 450x laptop and i just finished my gentoo install 2 days ago, the only problem is that my fan is not working, and i dont want my system to overheat, especialy when emerging large files or working in ked. do i need do do a special emerge for this?

any help would be awesome.

oh and i already did emerge apmd
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shruggy1987 · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject:

there are several things that could be done. make sure that your kernel has acpi and apm options turned on

rabidsquirrel314 · n00b Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 5

first off, thanx alot

2nd i cant cd /usr/src/linux/--------- because the kernel name i thought i was using isnt working unless im typing it wrong:oops:

i typed:
cd /usr/src/lunux/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r9

#i did this because that is the kernel listed in the manual i used (which i followed very closely so im supposing i just typed it in wrong,

any more help would be greatly accepted!
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apmurray · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:58 am Post subject:

just do
cd /usr/src/linux

then follow previous instructions

rabidsquirrel314 · n00b Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 5

thanx
i got the fan to work but ive still got nothing on power control

im also trying to get my wireless mouse to work

if anyone knows how to configure that stuff id apreciate it big time
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