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Re: ThinkPad CPU 53-60°C

From: Bob Proulx <bob(at)proulx.com>
Date: Sun Feb 03 2008 - 18:01:27 EST

Dallas Hansen wrote:
> I added the "options" line to /etc/modprobe.conf but was getting
> error messages at boot (thinkpad-acpi module doesn't exist) and

It is not a fatal problem. The module did not exist for you and so nothing was happening because of that config file line.

> found that, after booting, networking (both wired and wireless) was
> broken and I could no longer mount my fat32 external HD.

What changes were made that caused this to happen?

> I've been forced to reinstall Etch. Unless I can come across very
> clear & precise step-by-step instructions for running & configuring
> the thinkpad-acpi module and installing & configuring the
> tp-fancontrol script I will have to forgo any further tinkering so
> as to avoid breaking my system again.

Etch uses the 2.6.18 kernel. In 2.6.22 the ibm-acpi module was renamed to thinkpad-acpi due to the sale of thinkpads from IBM to Lenovo since thinkpads are not IBM anymore.

In Etch and with any kernel before 2.6.22 the module is ibm-acpi. In 2.6.22 and later for the current Lenny and Sid it is thinkpad-acpi.

If you change all references for thinkpad-acpi to ibm-acpi you should be good to go for use on the 2.6.18 kernel in Etch.

Do you need help?

Bob

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