From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: acpi thermal sensors not working, laptop overheating Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:19:47 +0100 Message-ID: <20080613111947.GA2443@srcf.ucam.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:43717 "EHLO vavatch.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754704AbYFMLTv (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:19:51 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Luke Sharkey Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:07:45PM +0100, Luke Sharkey wrote: > Example sensors output: > k8temp-pci-00c3 > Adapter: PCI adapter > Core0 Temp: +54.0=B0C =20 54 degrees is fine. > state: ok > temperature: 0 C > critical (S5): 94 C > passive: 90 C: tc1=3D2 tc2=3D5 tsp=3D50 devices=3DCPU= 0=20 Can you attach the output of the acpidump command? The BIOS is=20 presumably reading the temperature without any trouble, given the fan=20 behaviour, so it would be nice to check why Linux isn't picking it up.=20 Do you get the same readings if you don't load the k8temp module? Also,= =20 make sure no other sensors modules are loaded. They can potentially=20 interfere with ACPI. --=20 Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html