Re: AMD 'cool & quiet' stopped working in squeeze (and lenny?)
On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 22:37 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 18:58 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > On 20100925_233536, Aniruddha wrote:
> > > I have found some information at the link below. Apparently only
> > > mobile processors are supported. You could try:
> > >
> > > modprobe processor
> > > modprobe powernowd-k8
> > >
> > >
> > > http://technowizah.com/2007/01/debian-how-to-cpu-frequency-management.html
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, but ...
> >
> > The how-to is just the sort of thing I was asking for. What to
> > modprobe, etc. The discussion there agrees with you that only the
> > mobile processors are supported. But the fan on my mo-bo would start
> > fast and slow down during boot up. It did this for several years ---
> > until about 150 hours ago. Now it keeps going fast. Something
> > changed. Was there a 'bug' in the software that allowed it to control
> > the fan even though the manufacturer specified that it wouldn't? And
> > that 'bug' has been 'fixed'? A mighty strange bug.
> >
> > Even now there is a slight hesitation in the fan speed at the moment
> > during boot-up when it used to slow. But then it regains speed.
> >
> > When I try to install the modules using modprobe, there is an error
> > message that asserts that they are not found. But the .ko files are
> > there on disk and are listed by modprobe -l. So I would count the
> > detailed wording of the error message as a bug. It is seriously
> > misleading to claim a reason for failure to load that is easily found
> > to be false. 'incompatible with CPU hardware' might be better words,
> > if in fact there really is an incompatiblity.
>
> I have the same issue and a post here has gone un-answered.
>
> cat /etc/debian_version
> squeeze/sid
>
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name"
> model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+
> model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+
>
>
> sudo modprobe powernow_k8
> WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf line 2: ignoring bad line
> starting with 'test'
> FATAL: Error inserting powernow_k8
> (/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.ko): No such device
>
and now, I am answering my own question: BIOS AMD Cool and Quite was
OFF. Doh. Doh. Doh. Turned it on, it worked as expected.
Anybody know of a way to take back an email?
>
> >
> > I hope there is a recovery fix for my computer, but I think I'll
> > have to learn to live with the noise.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Paul E Condon
> > pecondon@mesanetworks.net
> >
> >
>
> --
> Damon
> damon@damtek.com
>
>
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Damon
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