From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9155] New: No fan control with ATI Radeon display support on HP nx6125. Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:02:47 +0200 Message-ID: <200710141602.48206.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <200710132030.20826.rjw@sisk.pl> <1192346817.6265.22.camel@localhost> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ih3oF-0000oY-Lc for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:47:13 -0700 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1Ih3oD-0006j9-7I for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:47:11 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1192346817.6265.22.camel@localhost> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Daniel =?iso-8859-15?q?W=FCrfel?= Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Len Brown On Sunday, 14 October 2007 09:26, Daniel W=FCrfel wrote: > Hi there, > = > at first great respect for your fast answers. = > I don't think, that the binary ati driver is the problem, because: > 1. with switched of "ati radeon display support" in the kernel, the fan > control works correctly (and i still using the ati-driver) How do you know, however, that the "ati radeon display support" in the kern= el does not interfere with the ATI driver in a destructive way? > 2. the fan starts spinning at the boot screen even if the radeon display > driver was loaded (and the ati driver is not just loaded yet). I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Can you clarify, please? > Here you see the difference between 2.6.21, when it all works correctly, = and > 2.6.22 and 2.6.23: the screen resolution of the boot screen changed to > the native resolution 1024x768 (in 2.6.21 it still the default terminal > resolution) = This only means that the kernel's radeon driver has changed. It's difficult to say what's going wrong. What's the CPU load when the fan is spinning? Greetings, Rafael ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/