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Old 03-25-2008, 09:19 PM   #1
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FAN will not stay on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


When i power up my laptop with slackware the fan will not power up. though the fan works on other distros
 
Old 03-25-2008, 10:10 PM   #2
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Is the fan ACPI controlled? that is the only thing i can think of. try re-building your kernel with acpi_fan set to yes
 
Old 03-26-2008, 09:47 AM   #3
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Have you seen this thread, it may help:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...laptop-630456/
 
  


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