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 > > pecon...@mesanetworks.net > > > > > > -- > Damon > da...@damtek.com > > -- Damon da...@damtek.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1285470751.2597.1.ca...@dam-main