Re: Does i8k work for dell inspiron 600M?

[Christian <info@cvjb.de>]

Hello,

Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas schrieb:
> Problem is that although I compiled kernel 2.6.11.8 with I8K support:
> 
> CONFIG_I8K=y
[...]
> When executing i8kbuttons of course there'll be a problem due to the
> lack of the kernel support:
> 
> % i8kbuttons 
> unable to open i8k proc file: /proc/i8k

For my Inspiron 8500, I had to compile it as a module and load it with
the force option. That is, in my /etc/modules there is the following line:

...
i8k force=1
...


Hope that helps,

Christian Brüssow