> My laptop's fan works almost constantly in Fedora 8. > > I've made some search and found this topic: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=330917 If this is a new fedora 8 install, the pcscd service is on by default and the pcscd daemon is busted and runs constantly sucking up as much cpu as it can get. Perhaps it is the culprit, heating up the cpu and making the fan need to run?