The FC3 kernel contains i8k as a module... but you might have to append a force=1 to the modprobe line because not all laptops that support i8k are known to the driver (example, my inspiration 8500). Peter. On Monday 06 December 2004 07:40, sly wrote: > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 11:34, sly wrote: > >>Ow Mun Heng wrote: > >>>On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 13:48, sly wrote: > >>>>thom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>>>>I couldn't find the thread start for this as I'm not at the office, > >>>>> but I > >>>> > >>>>ok! i installed gkrellm but it does not have any options for fans. so i > >>>>got i8krellm but can't install it cuz i need i8kutils. so i got this > >>>> one too. only that this is over my knowledge. i did make - ok; i did > >>>> make install - ok. but it's not ok because i can't find i8k.o. i read > >>>> i had > >>> > >>>YOu need to load the i8k module. > >>> > >>>you can try on a command line : (as root) > >>>$ modprobe i8k > >> > >> did it! No such device! > > > > I'm not sure if its compiled by the Fedora kenrel. I usually roll my own > > kernel, and there's the i8k option. > > CONFIG_I8K=m > > that's what i don't know how to do! i did it once and i crashed the > entire system. > > >>but! what's interesting is that now it works fine. stays at 55C. as far > >>as i know, i didn't do anything. for some reason it is good! > >>thanx for the help! > >> > >>-- > >>sly > >>(561)601-4303 > >>dsyc@xxxxx > >>73 6c 79 > > > > -- > > Ow Mun Heng > > Gentoo/Linux on D600 1.4Ghz > > Neuromancer 17:32:25 up 8:13, 4 users, 0.66, 0.66, 0.51
