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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 02-02-2009, 02:26 PM   #1
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Unhappy fan not running on laptop


i have a toshiba tecra and recently installed ubuntu 8.1 and im new to computers. in need of help any ideas?
 
Old 02-02-2009, 05:18 PM   #2
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I would strongly recommend that anyone new to computers or to Linux use the 8.04 version of Ubuntu. There are numerous posts in this forum complaining about problems with Ubuntu 8.10. I think that you would be happy if you use the previous version of Ubuntu. That's what I use and I love it.
 
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Is the computer overheating?

It is possible that the automatic CPU clock throttling is working by default. I can imagine that the fan slows down when the CPU slows down (and thus produces less heat)
 
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