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Re: Unresolved overheat issue blocks development

To: PCMan <pcman.tw@xxxxxxxxx>
From: Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:25:49 -0800
Cc: lubuntu-desktop <lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 12/20/2011 08:58 PM, PCMan wrote:

> I have a long-standing unresolved issue on my Thinkpad R60 laptop.
> My Lubuntu gets overheat and performs shutdown automatically frequently. ...


There is some fairly detailed info on Thinkpad fan control under Linux at

  http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_control_fan_speed

I don't own a Thinkpad, but this mentions both Ubuntu and Debian, and so
could be worth a look, even though it looks a little old.

Jonathan

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Unresolved overheat issue blocks development
From: PCMan, 2011-12-21