Re: [Dorset] Fan speed control
Hi Peter, > # Generated by sensors-detect on Fri Jun 4 09:09:42 2010 > # Chip drivers > it87 That's what this 8.04 machine uses too, so it looks like mine will stop working when I upgrade. > When I run the box in XP mode, speedfan picks up four or more > temperatures from different chips. So I know it is not the BIOS that > is a problem. Agreed. > ACPI: resource it87 [0x295-0x296] conflicts with ACPI region IP__ > [0x295-0x296] > ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use > it instead of the native driver > > Now. How do I get the ACPI driver? Wait an Ubuntu release or two? I think it exists upstream and will flow down in time. Meanwhile, there's a `acpi_enforce_resources=lax' option you can add to your kernel line on booting. sensors(1) may then work. See comment 2 on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/418246, and perhaps toggle the "This bug affects me" flag at the top of the page. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
[Dorset] Toshiba Laptop Power supply units
I am having a sort out of one of my cupboards and have discovered that I have 5 - YES -FIVE - Laptop PSU's. All identical 15 v 3 A. and I only ever had one laptop and it has died. Anyone want one, or two? Peter M -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Fan speed control
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 09:36 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Peter, > > > # Generated by sensors-detect on Fri Jun 4 09:09:42 2010 > > # Chip drivers > > it87 > > That's what this 8.04 machine uses too, so it looks like mine will stop > working when I upgrade. > > > When I run the box in XP mode, speedfan picks up four or more > > temperatures from different chips. So I know it is not the BIOS that > > is a problem. > > Agreed. > > > ACPI: resource it87 [0x295-0x296] conflicts with ACPI region IP__ > > [0x295-0x296] > > ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use > > it instead of the native driver > > > > Now. How do I get the ACPI driver? > > Wait an Ubuntu release or two? I think it exists upstream and will flow > down in time. Meanwhile, there's a `acpi_enforce_resources=lax' option > you can add to your kernel line on booting. sensors(1) may then work. > See comment 2 on > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/418246, and perhaps > toggle the "This bug affects me" flag at the top of the page. > > Cheers, > Ralph. > > Bingo- Added a line in grub as per comment 11 in that link, Now I see all sorts of things: (including the fan speed!) pet...@peterm-desktop:~$ sensors acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +53.0°C (crit = +70.0°C) it8712-isa-0290 Adapter: ISA adapter in0: +1.34 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) in1: +2.62 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) in2: +3.22 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) in3: +2.96 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) in4: +2.99 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) in5: +3.02 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) in6: +1.57 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) in7: +2.91 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V) Vbat:+3.20 V fan1: 7848 RPM (min =0 RPM) fan2: 0 RPM (min =0 RPM) fan3: 0 RPM (min =0 RPM) temp1: +53.0°C (low = +65.0°C, high = +70.0°C) sensor = thermal diode temp2: +36.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +70.0°C) sensor = thermistor temp3: +41.0°C (low = +127.0°C, high = +70.0°C) sensor = thermistor cpu0_vid: +0.000 V I can't find a "this bug affects me" toggle though, or I would. Maybe I have to signup and login. So my next step is to figure out how to see fan speed, and maybe some of these other temperatures, in Conky or ksensors, then how to control fan speed. btw - I opened up my PSU and soldered up the wire that I had cut to the second fan this morning, and I honestly can't tell the difference. According to the box for the PSU, it has 'intelligent fan control' whatever that is. P. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
[Dorset] Ubuntu 10.04 log-in fault
Help!!! I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and now I can't log in. The log in screen appears with this message "INSTALL PROBLEM The configuration defaults for Gnome Power Manager have not been installed correctly. Please contact your computer administrator." I am now reduced to using Windows to send email and can't access lots of other work. Can anyone suggest a solution please? -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 10.04 log-in fault
On 22 June 2010 18:18, Peter Harris wrote: > Help!!! I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and now I can't log in. > The log in screen appears with this message "INSTALL PROBLEM The > configuration defaults for r Gnome Power Managehave not been installed > correctly. Please contact your computer administrator." > I am now reduced to using Windows to send email and can't access lots of > other work. Can anyone suggest a solution please? > > -- > Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 > http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 > Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset > List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset > ssh (putty.exe) into the box and re-install gnome Power Manager? -- regards, jr. time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 10.04 log-in fault
Hi Peter, > Help!!! I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and now I can't log in. > The log in screen appears with this message "INSTALL PROBLEM The > configuration defaults for Gnome Power Manager have not been installed > correctly. Please contact your computer administrator." > I am now reduced to using Windows to send email and can't access lots of > other work. Can anyone suggest a solution please? Google suggests one of the causes can be a full disc partition. Can you log in after selecting a fail safe session? Or switch to VT 1 and login there? Or boot in recovery mode? However you get to a shell prompt, try `df' and see if that suggests there's little available on a filesystem starting with /dev. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 10.04 log-in fault
Hi Ralph, Thanks for the tip, the disk is nearly full with 0% available for dev. I shall have to upgrade my hardware. In the meantime is there a way of getting back to 9.10? Cheers, Peter. On 22/06/2010 18:27, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Peter, > > >> Help!!! I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and now I can't log in. >> The log in screen appears with this message "INSTALL PROBLEM The >> configuration defaults for Gnome Power Manager have not been installed >> correctly. Please contact your computer administrator." >> I am now reduced to using Windows to send email and can't access lots of >> other work. Can anyone suggest a solution please? >> > Google suggests one of the causes can be a full disc partition. Can you > log in after selecting a fail safe session? Or switch to VT 1 and login > there? Or boot in recovery mode? However you get to a shell prompt, > try `df' and see if that suggests there's little available on a > filesystem starting with /dev. > > Cheers, > Ralph. > > > -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
[Dorset] Disk size in Asus EEE
I'm getting a bit confused with the diskspace available on my mother's Asus EEE 700. By default, these came with a 4G flash drive and I've added a 4G SD card. Xandros seems to have appended the SD Card to the original 4G, because the Disk Utility (a GUI tool in the Settings tab) says that all the space is on one drive. However, it also says that there is only 4G In a shell I get: /home/user> df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 1.4G 841M 508M 63% / /dev/sda1 1.4G 841M 508M 63% / unionfs 1.4G 841M 508M 63% / tmpfs 249M 20K 249M 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 128M 24K 128M 1% /tmp /dev/sdb1 3.8G 561M 3.2G 15% /media/D: Can anyone explain where her other space has gone? She keeps filling up the disk, even though there is loads left. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Disk size in Asus EEE
Hi Terry, > /home/user> df -h > Filesystem           Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > rootfs               1.4G 841M 508M 63% / > /dev/sda1            1.4G 841M 508M 63% / > unionfs              1.4G 841M 508M 63% / > tmpfs                249M  20K 249M  1% /dev/shm > tmpfs                128M  24K 128M  1% /tmp > /dev/sdb1            3.8G 561M 3.2G 15% /media/D: >  > Can anyone explain where her other space has gone? She keeps filling > up the disk, even though there is loads left. You'd think, looking at that, that much of sda's space is not being used. You can use fdisk(8) to list the partitions on each drive. The size of each unit is given in the preamble. sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb It could be sda has a partition that isn't being mounted so it's available for use. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-07-06 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
