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Okay, just typed in "dmesg". The part relating to applesmc (what's that
anyway?) is:

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[   16.203901] applesmc: Apple MacBook Pro 3 detected:
[   16.203904] applesmc:  - Model with accelerometer
[   16.203905] applesmc:  - Model with light sensors and backlight
[   16.203907] applesmc:  - Model with 13 temperature sensors
[   16.260698] applesmc: device successfully initialized (0xe0, 0x00).
[   16.260701] applesmc: device successfully initialized.
[   16.261505] applesmc: 2 fans found.
[   16.263814] input: applesmc as /devices/platform/applesmc.768/input/input14
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Guys, this thread is now nearly three months old, and you call Ubuntu
8.10 "stable", and still you don't get along caring that users'
notebooks won't burn down. Sorry, but this is not accpetable.

As a first step wouldn't it be a good idea if you programmed a little
GUI tool that automatically turns on the fan on full speed so that users
won't have to fear that Ubuntu ruins their machines? Just an idea.

As long as things are as they are, IMHO during the installation process
Ubuntu should print a huge warning: "DO NOT USE ON APPLE MACBOOK PROS".

Btw. runtime on battery is about 1/3 compared to what it is on Mac OSX.

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WARNING: Intrepid might burn down MacBook Pro
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262550
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in Ubuntu Release Notes: New
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-1-generic

Testing Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4 64-Bit on a MacBook Pro rev. 3. Installing today's updates, the MacBook gets extremely hot and automatically goes into standby. This looks like an emergency standby caused by the EFI or something because it got overheated. Unless you put a metal plate or something under it, the fan runs on highest level at full power, which is not the usual.

Is there a tool you can see the CPU temperature with?