Re: Windfarm Modules for Ubuntu 10.04 (G5 Imac)
You might want to try to load the windfarm_core module
modprobe windfarm_core
you can add windfarm_core to /etc/modules
Op 8/7/2010 schreef "Eraina and Richard jenkins"
<richard.jenkins@internode.on.net>:
>I tried downloading and installing Ubuntu 10.04 from here:-
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> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.04/release/
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>and the kernel included is 2.6.32-something!
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>However, when I ran the system, it would freeze from time to time.
>Latterly it began to reset itself without my intervention ... but
>hardware reboots are not a great idea when you are in the middle of
>something!!
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>My only clue is that there is a message during bootup about windfarm
>modules not being loaded. From a quick google, windfarm controls the
>temperature of the box ... through controlling the fans.
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>I have reverted to Debian 5.0.4 ... which has an older kernel. This
>runs quietly for hours at a time ... without complaint. OS X too runs
>without complaint so I believe I have rejected hardware problems as the
>cause of my difficulties.
>
>Trying to reach fellow G5 masochists is difficult, but are there:
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>1. work-arounds for this problem?? n Perhaps I can 'insmod
>windfarm' ???
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>2. forums for 'crazy' ubuntu users for the powerpc??
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>Many thanks...
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>
>Richard
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>PS My machine reports that under the debian kernel 2.6.26
>something ... windfarm IS loaded!!
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