On 12/12/03 Jim Cornette did say: > cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/* > > gives the below output for my machine. > > cooling mode: active > <polling disabled> > state: ok > temperature: 44 C > critical (S5): 100 C > passive: 97 C: tc1=4 tc2=3 tsp=40 devices=0xcf6b6d80 My cooling mode didn't show as active, and the laptop got up to 59 C and seems to keep rising. Is there a way to tell it to start cooling? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <michael_soulier@xxxxxxxxx>, 613-592-2122 x2522 6000/6010/60* Development, Mitel Networks Corporation "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix