Fujitsu Laptop Issues

[Maynard Wright]

How should one evaluate "hot"?  My Toshiba Satellite L25-S119 runs warm, but 
if it were a cup of coffee, I'd consider it too cool to drink happily.  My 
Dell Inspiron 3500 runs dead cold with RedHat 8.

Maynard

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On Sunday 28 January 2007 13:36, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:28:28 -0800
>
> Chris wrote:
> > Try ensuring that /etc/init.d/powersaved for the overheating problem.
> > I know that I had to add my user to the root group, add my user to the
> > root privilages in /etc/sudoers, and then I had to create a small
> > script to execute sudo /etc/init.d/powersaved restart whenever KDE
> > starts.  That worked for me, though YMMV.  That solved my CPU
> > throttling problem which is the cause of most of my overheating.
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > On 1/22/07, Nathan Eckenrode <nathan at eckenrodehouse.net> wrote:
> > > On Monday 22 January 2007 20:50, Rodolfo Novak wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've just installed Kubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft on my Fujitsu Likebook
> > > > S6231. I was wondering if somebody has the same system and was able
> > > > to optimize for it. I couldnt find drivers. Even though the system
> > > > runs, the mouse pad is a little sloppy,  i cant hibernate, its
> > > > overheating a bit. Overall I would like some tips from Fujitsu laptop
> > > > users.
> > >
> > > Try cross posting this issue with th Laptop-Testing list as well.
> > >
> > > > Thanks!
>
> FWIW I had the almost similar issues on a Fujitsu lifebook E series.
> Kubuntu as well as Mandriva2007 give the same troubles.
>
> As of this moment I'm installing Slackware 11.0 on it with a 2.4 kernel,
> suspecting it' s a kernel thingy. Didn't get edgy to work on a 2.4 so i'll
> just give this a go.
> The laptop doesn't overheat using an ol' Slackware live CD, hence my trying
> the 2.4 kernel.
>
> I'll keep y'all posted if it works.
> --
>
> Good luck,
> HarM.