Zander Z365 wrote: >Ok. I'm not sure but I think my cpu/fan is working properly. Here is >what I did: > >First, I checked my kernel and I already had all of those features >enabled. So then I thought I would try disabling SMP. This was >enabled because I have an P4 processor with HT technology. After >booting the uniprocessor kernel I successfully did an emerge without >my cpu overheating. > >Is there a command line tool that I can use that will display my CPU >temperature and fan speed? I would like to test it on both kernels. > > > >On Apr 8, 2005 1:52 PM, Kiawud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On Apr 7, 2005 5:36 PM, Andreas Vinsander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Kiawud wrote: >>> >>> >>>>In any case, check and make sure that the 'fan' module (and possilby >>>>the 'thermal' module) is loaded and working. >>>> >>>> >>>Maybe it will help to know that those modules can be found in the ACPI >>>section of the kernel config. I even consider it better to compile them >>>into the kernel instead of as modules... >>> >>> >>> >>Yeah, I suppose that might be helpful to know ;) ... >> >>For some reason, I was thinking he was getting temp errors during the >>install of gentoo (like I had). As such, I had to manually load the >>modules before starting the installation. (It appears the OP had >>already installed gentoo and was experiencing this during an emerge). >> >>Guess I hadn't had enough caffeine when responding the first time ... my bad. >> >>-Hani >>-- >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> >> >> >-- >gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > Being a new Alienware, I'd think that it should have thermal sensors on the motherboard. Check out lm_sensors for monitoring your fan speeds/processor & system temperatures.
-- Brad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
