Re: fan management on G5
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:20:06 +1000
Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+debian@mega-nerd.com> wrote:
> Gary wrote:
>
> > Is anyone using ppc64 Debian on an Apple Power Mac G5 have issues
> > with their fans?
>
> I raised this bug:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=580832
>
> My solution to the problem was to add a line containing:
>
> windfarm_core
>
> to /etc/modules.
>
> HTH,
> Erk
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Thanks to all for this discussion. I had to stop using ubuntu 10.04 on
my G5 because the beast would overheat in the middle of our winter ...
and then freeze ... finally it rebooted itself. I reverted to Debian
5.0.4 ... and the problem seems to have gone away. I was getting fail
messages about the installation of windfarm in the booting ... and
from my googling, it appeared that the kernel involved was not
supporting the fans. I got my version of ubuntu for the mac from here:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.04/release/
and maybe I was premature and there is a work-around. I didn't know
where to raise this subject, so I'm glad you did.
Richard
--
Eraina and Richard Jenkins
Canberra, AU
'linux on a Mac: delightful'
Skype: richardirena
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