Kubuntu on Dell Inspiron 6400

[Orjan Sinclair]

Johannes Schill wrote:
> Im not sure if this helps, but.. I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 and I dont 
> think i use a separate program to control the fan. At least I havent 
> bothered installing one..
>
> However, it's really hot now when i think of it..
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> Citerar Orjan Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com>:
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>> I am installing Kubuntu on a laptop Dell Inspiron 6400 and basically
>> following these instructions for Ubuntu (am not going to worry about
>> Compiz etc just yet though);
>> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=257684&highlight=inspiron+6400
>>
>> As can be seen the installation refers to intalling i8kutils and gkrellm
>> to control fan (something I thought was hardware based I must admit).
>> Anyone knows of a KDE replacement for gkrellm? Anyone knows if this is
>> really needed?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sinclair
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> Johannes
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Well, I am running an Inspiron 500m with no problems - but it also gets 
damned hot...
Who wrote these and why? As far as I know there are no separate drivers 
for this in WXP.

Sinclair