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[Gerald Nunn <gnunn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roberto,

I believe you either need a 3.6.x kernel or patches to the 3.5 kernel to
get the PMD to work, I just use the 3.6.9 kernel myself and it seems to
work fine. I don't notice any issues with heat and the PMD myself, the fan
in the PMD doesn't run all thetime but it's a pretty low level.

Gerald


On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Roberto Gardenier <
robertogardenier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi everyone,****
>
> ** **
>
> As some might have noticed, I’ve been busy with setting up my vaio z21
> with my PMD and run into a lot of problems. ****
>
> Turns out that my bios was misconfigured, making linux unable to correctly
> utilize the PMD.****
>
> ** **
>
> Now, with that out of the way, I can finally focus on fully setting up my
> PMD triple screen configuration. ****
>
> I mainly follow the tutorial from DoTheDog, which can be found over here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2055656****
>
> Before I install this new kernel I was wondering the following: do I still
> need to install a kernel version 3.6 or higher for this to work?****
>
> Second: the fan on the PMD keeps running hot, which is kinda annoying and
> not so good for the device… Did anyone encountered the same problem and has
> found a solution for it?****
>
> I was thinking of using Jupiter power management to control the power flow
> of the device but don’t know if this is the problem at all.****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks in advance for any tips and helping hands!****
>
> ** **
>
> With kind regards, ****
>
> Roberto Gardenier****
>
> ** **
>
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