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    CPU fan not working after upgrade to Karmic

    I installed 9.10 on my laptop today. This was an upgrade from 9.04. I did a fresh install to allow me to change the hard drive format to ext4.

    Before I began I copied my /home directory onto an external hard drive. I then shut the machine down and booted with the RC CD-Rom.

    My first install attempt was with just the installer, without booting into a live session. Everything was going well and I had completed inputing the user data, when I walked away. I came back and the computer was turned off. I found this rather odd. It would not boot, so I installed using the same method.

    This time I watched the install... with my laptop on my lap. It was getting warm, very warm. When I checked the fan, it was not running. I placed the laptop on a table to allow more air to the bottom and it still shutdown on high temperature.

    I then checked to see if the fan worked during the live session. It did, at least during boot up. It was then I completed the install. After the first boot I started copying the files from my external hard drive when I received repeated CPU errors due to overheating.

    I then found a small battery powered fan and used that for a while. Until I shut it down to research the problem.

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...id/+bug/459883

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/451337

    Yup, I'm not the only one.

    Mike
    http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com
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    Re: CPU fan not working after upgrade to Karmic

    I have a working lappy running kubuntu karmic RC

    I scoured the internet and came to this page. Later, I found some users did not have issues after updating their BIOS. So I installed windows and updated the BIOS. I tried like heck to get it working without doing the install, to no avail. I reinstalled karmic and the fan is now working.

    One other thing that is neat, my wifi LED is working! That hasn't worked since I first installed kubuntu two years ago.

    Mike
    http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com
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      Re: CPU fan not working after upgrade to Karmic

      hehehe Nice link.
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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        Re: CPU fan not working after upgrade to Karmic

        Originally posted by monte48lowes
        ...One other thing that is neat, my wifi LED is working! That hasn't worked since I first installed kubuntu two years ago.

        Mike
        What an attitude! ~"Karmic tried like heck to melt my processor, but hey, the wifi led is now working!"

        Most times that experience would have ended with a "screw this crap" type post. I feel many people could learn a thing or two about life from you... including me.

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          Re: CPU fan not working after upgrade to Karmic

          Originally posted by kjjjjshab

          What an attitude! ~"Karmic tried like heck to melt my processor, but hey, the wifi led is now working!"

          Most times that experience would have ended with a "screw this crap" type post. I feel many people could learn a thing or two about life from you... including me.

          Nice remark. I like this observation.

          Blessings to both.

          (and also thanks for sending me to the end of the internet)
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