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Re: Finding correct component for Virtual Box / Debian / screen resolution issue



On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 11:24:15PM +0200, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > I strongly oppose installing, by default, any userland program that
> > takes over such low-level hardware control.
> 
> Considering that Linux (on my machine) doesn't appear to be able to
> spin the fans up to full speed and in general control the fans well
> enough to prevent overheating and emergency shutdown without thinkfan
> installed and manually configured, I'll have to disagree with you.
> IIRC I found out about how to fix this issue with thinkfan from
> thinkwiki.org.

But as you've noted, it requires manual configuration. Are you suggesting that
the installer should step you through configuring thinkfan? Sounds like recipe
for disaster to me.

-- 
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

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