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List:       acpi4linux
Subject:    Re: [ACPI] hp omnibook xe4500 fan control
From:       Danny Kukawka <dkukawka () suse ! de>
Date:       2005-06-27 9:41:44
Message-ID: 200506271141.45275.dkukawka () suse ! de
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On Sunday 26 June 2005 09:06, Thomas Perl wrote:
> I'm having a problem with HP's Omnibook XE4500.
>
> I cannot control the fan using its /proc/acpi interface. There is a fan
> entry and I can try to set some options, however - they are not set
> effectively (seems like Linux isn't in control of the fan). I'd like to
> set the trip_points to some values so that the fan doesn't come on so
> often. Any hints on where to start? Or it is not possible on Linux anyway?
>
> There is a fan.exe on the diagnostic partition which switches the fan on
> and then off for diagnose purposes, so it _should_ be possible to
> control the fan by software.

Did you tried the omnibook kernel modules [1] ? They should also support the  
XE4500.   

Danny

[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/omke/

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Danny Kukawka
dkukawka@suse.de
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