Okay, I like other have had a problem with this. I can’t seem to find out how to solve this so i’m hoping someone here can help.
I Have a Toshiba satellite with openSUSE 11.3 (i586) KDE: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) “release 3”
and when i start my computer my fan is either off or running very slow. (Excellent) After being on for a few minutes the fan kicks on as it should but then it just doesn’t stop. It keeps running at high speed making a loud whine and doesn’t stop until I shut down. My graphics card is ATI Technologies Inc Model: Radeon X1200
p.s Computer won’t wake up form Hibernate or suspend. Completely different issue just as a side note.
Can you be more specific about that laptop? The CPU might be a bit too knew and the kernel might use it not in the right way and use no power management. There is a very helpful tool to find out what is happening there: powertop. It is not installed by default, but give it a try.
Hi
It only works at grub, you have to enter the command in the options
down the bottom of the menu at boot time. Just start typing the command
and it will automatically start to enter there, else use the arrow
up/down keys to stop the boot timer, then enter the command.
Copyright (C) 2001 Grahame Bowland.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
anthony@linux-75uw:~>
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Oct 19 19:21:00 CDT 2010
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,6)/message
##YaST - activate
default 0
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34.7-0.4
root (hd0,6)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-0.4-default root=/dev/sda8 resume=/dev/md0 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a **acpi_enforce_resources=lax**
initrd /initrd-2.6.34.7-0.4-default
You just need to add to the kernel line as indicated in red and save the file (note this is from my system, yours will be different). Note you will have to re-add after a kernel update.
So after the kernel is updated and before you reboot, just run through the above and reboot.
anthony@linux-75uw:~> cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 006: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to openSUSE:Submitting bug reports - openSUSE, please.
analyzing CPU 0:
driver: powernow-k8
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 1
maximum transition latency: 107 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.00 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 800 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.00 GHz.
The governor “ondemand” may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
analyzing CPU 1:
driver: powernow-k8
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 1
maximum transition latency: 107 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.00 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 800 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.00 GHz.
The governor “ondemand” may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
