Kubuntu on Dell Inspiron 6400

[Orjan Sinclair]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Orjan Sinclair wrote:
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>> Francisco Borges wrote:
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>>> » On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 08:36AM +0200, Orjan Sinclair wrote:
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>>>> I am installing Kubuntu on a laptop Dell Inspiron 6400 and basically
>>>> following these instructions for Ubuntu (am not going to worry about
>>>> Compiz etc just yet though);
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> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=257684&highlight=inspiron+6400
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>>>> As can be seen the installation refers to intalling i8kutils and gkrellm
>>>> to control fan (something I thought was hardware based I must admit).
>>>> Anyone knows of a KDE replacement for gkrellm? Anyone knows if this is
>>>> really needed?
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>>> 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:
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>>> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/LaptopTestingTeam/DellInspiron6400
>>>
>>> (I'll try to clean this page a bit later tonight)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
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>> 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.
>> So I installed the i8kutils and then tried to set up kfani8k from KDE
>> apps. Did not work at all though....
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> I don't know about kfani8k, but I tried i8kutils when I first got my
> inspiron 6000, and it doesn't work (it really never worked for very many
> inspirons).  My fans always work as needed.
>   
All I can say is that if I start i8kutils with modprobe (as stated in 
the thread) and have the values set in /etc/i8kmon and then follow the 
temp with KSysguard (figured that one out) then I can hear/see the fan 
kick in at the stated temps. And I can also see that if I don't start it 
then the temp will go up and up.

But if I do the "daemon" thing I get headaches major with Kmix and all 
sorts of problems. Nevermind, for now I am OK with how it works, intend 
to see if I can the Kfani8K going when I have time.

Sinclair