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Re: 17" Powerbook fan turns on when starting into Ubuntu Dapper



On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:32:34AM +0200, Børge Holen wrote:
> On Friday 11 August 2006 00:17, Adam D wrote:
> > Adam D wrote:
> > > BXrge Holen wrote:
> > >> On Thursday 10 August 2006 23:53, Adam D wrote:
> > >>> OK,  I decided to just install Ubuntu on the 2nd Gen 17" powerbook with
> > >>> ext3 as the file system and it works for now instead of booting into
> > >>> xfs.
> > >>>
> > >>> Upon startup and starting the network interfaces and then the portmap
> > >>> the fan turns on full throttle and spins for a while. It is semi loud
> > >>> and is rather annoying.   Is there a way not to have the fan spin when
> > >>> booting into Ubunto on startup?
> > >>
> > >> Is the fan a problem? As in; a fault that make it spin, instead of
> > >> temp.? Anyway, I believe I had some sort of unagreement with my fan
> > >> together with kernel 2.6.8, while at it, I'm not completely sure.
> > >>
> > >>> -Adam
> > >
> > > Guess one would say it is not a problem however when booting into OSX the
> > > fan does not turn on unless of something really pushing the CPU hard.  On
> > > Ubuntu the fan is extremely sensitive and turns on with the slightest
> > >  thing running.
> Yes, that could be what I mentioned, I installed debian testing and a vanilla 
> kernel, problem solved.

Can you file a bug report, including a diff of your .config and the debian
stock one, as well as the version used ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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