On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 07:13:38AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
>
> I've have toshset and toshutils installed on my 2805-S302. I have a few
> questions:
>
> First, a question about the fan. Does it come on automatically regardless
> of software? That is, without using toshset or toshutils will it still
> come on? I believe it does, but I can't really hear the fan without
> placing my ear right next to the back of the laptop (which I don't do very
> often).
>
On my 490CDT the fan comes on automatically. Only during heavy runs like
kernel compiles or numerical computations.
>
> Toshset requires root to run, but I can use the "fan" program to turn on
> or off the fan as non-root. I'd think if I need root to access the
> hardward with toshset I'd need it with the fan program.
>
If you write to the toshutils author, Jonathan Buzzard (not the Debian
maintainer, that's me!), I figure he'll be able to give you the proper
explanation for this. Maybe toshset shouldn't require root after all?
> Running fan with --smart seems odd -- the fan cycles every second or so,
> which doesn't seem good for the fan. Is that expected?
>
Well that's what it's supposed to do, by definition, so yes, it's expected.
Whether you want it to do that or not is up to you. I don't bother with
--smart or --daemon. --auto is sufficient for me.
> When I run wmtuxtime and click on the wrench to configure I get eight
> windows pop-up that say "ERROR: could not open interface to hardware",
> regardless if I run wmtuxtime as root or not. What's causing that?
> Again, I do have CONFIG_TOSHIBA set, and I can use toshset on this laptop.
Can you confirm /dev/toshiba exists? What does "ls -l /dev/toshiba" return?
> What's the best way to run wmtuxtime in .xsession? I'm running icewm, and
> I'm not running xdm -- I just type startx after logging in.
Just put
wmtuxtime &
in .xsession, should do the job.
>
> Is there a docking application that will show the fan status? Does anyone
> have (links to) a description of (or suggestions for) a nice hardware
> monitor setup? I'm running icewm.
>
Not that I know of, sorry.
>
> BTW -- I see this when running wmtuxtime:
>
> Gdk-WARNING **: Creating pixmap from xpm with NULL window and colormap
>
> what's that about?
>
What version of toshutils are you using?
Regards,
Drew
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