Re: Fan won't work - system locking up as a result

["brock@quantifier.org" <brock@quantifier.org>]

> Any thoughts? I haven't found any software that will let me check the
> temperature of the proc.

I think maybe you want lm-sensors:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2780
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=230673

Those are old pages, but the idea seems right.

N.B., I've never messed with this, but it seems like what you're asking 
for.

On Tue, 17 May 2011, Matty Sarro wrote:

> Ok an update on the issue. The fans do appear to be kicking on a
> little - after the last lockup, when the OS loaded up the fans kicked
> on for about 30 seconds. Maybe something is making them kick on at too
> high of a temperature for the beast to handle?
>
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> wrote:
> > > * Matty Sarro [110517 09:33 -0400]:
> > > [...]
> > > > Running Code:
> > > > modprobe therm_adt746x
> > > >
> > > > Returns:
> > > > FATAL: Error inserting therm_adt746x
> > > > (/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-powerpc/kernel/drivers/macintosh/therm_adt746x.ko):
> > > > no such device
> > >
> > > Do you have a directory /run?
> > >
> > > limar
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> >
> > No I do not.
> >
> > FYI everyone I reinstalled squeeze by itself, and am still having the
> > same issue. The fans don't seem to kick on at all. I have noticed that
> > if the system locks up, after about 30 seconds the fans will begin to
> > kick on.
>
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