Fujitsu Laptop Issues

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:21:38 -0800
Chris wrote:

> 
> I highly doubt it's the kernel.  The kernel itself only runs about 20
> MB in memory, so I think it's the ACPI helper applications which
> extend the kernel functionality.

Well, I still have to discover how to run ACPI outside the kernel. I will try eventually as I've not discovered yet how to manipulate the fan w.o. ACPI and the 2.4.33 kernel can be compiled to include it, that's hopefull.

With a bit of luck I can keep "speedstepping" out and just keep the CPU cool (i.e. the fan running), the BIOS alone isn't up to it, in this case.

Quite frankly, I find that the inability of "cutting edge " distribs to run w.o. special kernel patches rather disturbing. It's one of the (my) reasons to move away from M$ stuf and another reason ( in linux perspective) to use Slackware again.

Will keep you posted on progress, if any.
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Good luck,
HarM.