http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9754
------- Comment #24 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-05-06 01:58 ------- (In reply to comment #23) > Hi, > sorry for the delay, > by reading the acpidump attached, > the ACPI fan control is not available, and the ACPI thermal control is useless > on this laptop. > So "cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/temperature always returns 55°C" has no > effects to this problem. > > Will you please _CLEAR_ CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL, set CONFIG_HWMON and see if there > is any difference? > And as someone mentioned that even windows XP/Vista has the same problem > without some ACER tools, I think this is rather a platform specific problem > that we can not fix in ACPI genenric code. Maybe a acer platform driver is > needed to make the fan/thermal work correctly, just like the thinkpad_acpi, > asus_laptop, sony_laptop etc. > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4702613&postcount=108 - there is a hack for this, but non-official, non-opensource. Read the thread about David Edward's patch: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9167 He made a version that works in 32bit environment, I use that. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ acpi-bugzilla mailing list acpi-bugzilla@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-bugzilla
