Kubuntu on Dell Inspiron 6400

[O. Sinclair]

I read about the bios-bug and after I set up this i8kutils to run as a
daemon I am having some funny stuff - like kMixer popping up whenever I
reboot. So might scrap it and take a change.

Problem is - I don't know about this overheating thing. However the HOW-TO
on ubuntuforums is very explicit about it and actually 1 contributor
mentions his screen overheating and getting ruined.

So far I have got resolution working (1280 * 800 - widescreen) though I took
a shortcut and have not yet compiled the latest drivers. Wireless seems to
work just fine (not using it just yet, have faster wired LAN daytime). Modem
is "nobody knows" so will only find out once I try myself. Live with dial-up
"non-office", no broadband where I live.

Will keep you posted, just hope my next post won't be "my laptop burned
out"....

Sinclair

On 09/10/06, Francisco Borges <f.borges at rug.nl> wrote:
>
> » On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 04:36PM +0200, Orjan Sinclair wrote:
>
> > Francisco Borges wrote:
> > > AFAIK you don't need to install a program to control the fans.
> > >
> > > I originally created this page for the Inspiron6400, and some other
> > > people have made a mess of it... but anyway check out this:
> > >
> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/LaptopTestingTeam/DellInspiron6400
> > >
> > > (I'll try to clean this page a bit later tonight)
> > >
> > Appreciate the input. One does however get a bit worried when these guys
> > claim this is very important and one talks of a burnt LCD screen. And
> > they are Xpensive... at least where I live.
>
> But did you ever hear about specific problems with recent Dell notebooks
> and Linux?
>
> > So I installed the i8kutils and then tried to set up kfani8k from KDE
> > apps. Did not work at all though....
>
> Hum, I didn't know about this package. I'll check it out.
>
> Other things worth mentioning:
>
> - There is a bug in Ubuntu, with the kernel corrupting the BIOS of Dell
>   laptops. This *may* cause your laptop to hang while checking the
>   BIOS. This bug is mentioned on the top of the page I linked in the
>   last email.
>
>   It did happen to me, and removing the CMOS battery in the 6400 is a
>   royal PITA. Seems that the bug is also present in Edgy.
>
> - Hibernate and suspend *were* working on Egdy. Now they don't anymore.
>
> - Most of the time my cores are down-scaled to 1GHz, (i.e. no CPU
>   intensive work, apart from firefox getting mad). That said, sometimes
>   the fan will kick in on its own; so my guess is that temperature
>   control & fan triggering is working (one way or another).
>
> But, if you discover something new about the fan control, please let me
> know,
>
> --
> Francisco
>
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