Hello poeple
1)Yeah , i just installed mandrake 10 on my laptop(compaq presario 2100,2.2 ghz, 512 ddr, 64mb shared ati, and broadcom 802) well these are the problems...then fan is non stop working, I did recompile the kernel and went through the this document about setting up mandrake 10 on compaq presarios which i found it on this website but after i reboot the operating system wouldn't even come up...anyways i stayed up all night and installed everythin all over again...but I still have the same probolem
2) tapping on touchpad dosen't work...I installed the latest synaptics and went through the INSTALL file but after installation the X server couldn't start so i had to roll back all the changes I had made so still no tapping
3) and final problem is my wireless card well Im kinna used to it cuz there was also no driver for it under Fedora core2 which i've been working with for the last 2 months up to ofcourse last night...
realy appreciate it if drop me a comment at least for the 1st part...so I wouldnt burn my cpu or cpu fan...
thank you
karan

what kind of wireless card is it?

Can you post the output of:

lsmod
find /proc/acpi

I've had similar problems with Compaq computers; both a desktop and a laptop. Each would run constantly (the fan.) I was able to solve the laptop issue by upgrading the BIOS and adjusting a few settings, but my desktop constantly spun forever.

[root@localhost karan]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
sg 38044 0
st 38616 0
sr_mod 17028 0
sd_mod 16832 0
scsi_mod 114648 4 sg,st,sr_mod,sd_mod
nfsd 173152 8
exportfs 5920 1 nfsd
parport_pc 32832 1
lp 12200 0
parport 38952 2 parport_pc,lp
md5 3872 1
ipv6 232352 12
snd-seq-oss 31232 0
snd-seq-midi-event 7552 1 snd-seq-oss
snd-seq 51024 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-seq-device 8008 2 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq
snd-pcm-oss 51812 0
snd-mixer-oss 17952 1 snd-pcm-oss
snd-ali5451 21796 1
snd-ac97-codec 58148 1 snd-ali5451
snd-pcm 93156 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-ali5451
snd-page-alloc 11972 1 snd-pcm
snd-timer 24484 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
snd 52484 12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-seq-
device,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-ali5451,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer
soundcore 9248 1 snd
af_packet 20520 2
hid 53312 0
raw 7616 1
ide-floppy 18752 0
ide-tape 34864 0
ide-cd 40548 0
cdrom 37184 2 sr_mod,ide-cd
floppy 59444 0
ds 15364 2
yenta_socket 16352 0
pcmcia_core 68768 2 ds,yenta_socket
natsemi 23840 0
nls_iso8859-1 3904 2
ntfs 85932 2
ati-agp 8332 1
agpgart 31016 1 ati-agp
ohci-hcd 18692 0
usbcore 99132 4 hid,ohci-hcd
rtc 11576 0
ext3 110408 1
jbd 54328 1 ext3
[root@localhost karan]# find /proc/acpi
/proc/acpi
/proc/acpi/alarm
/proc/acpi/sleep
/proc/acpi/event
/proc/acpi/fadt
/proc/acpi/dsdt
/proc/acpi/info
/proc/acpi/power_resource
/proc/acpi/embedded_controller
/proc/acpi/embedded_controller/EC0
/proc/acpi/embedded_controller/EC0/info
[root@localhost karan]#
Thank you
karan