Laptop suddenly turned off

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

ons, 24.11.2004 kl. 15.41 skrev Glen Staufer:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:55:47 +0100, Darek Borkowski <bednar007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have some problems sinc FC3test2. With every kernel since test2
> > sometimes laptop plugged to AC outlet or battery supplied turns off.
> > It works at random times, but today, after upgrading to
> > 2.6.9-1.681_FC3
> >  the laptop turned off 4 times in 1 hour. It is too much.
> > I've just been working in gnome (configuring sound or network) when it
> > took place.
> > How to fight this? I have now FC3 final (clean install).
> > 
> 
> Check if your system fan is working correctly.  I've been having
> problems with my system fan running full blast since going to FC3
> final and have been using the fan control program to set the fan low
> manually after boot.  Fiddling around with the program settings, I set
> the fans off unintentionally.   A while later, the system shut off
> without warning when the CPU temp got too high.
> 
> Glenn

Fan control program? You mean the /proc/acpi/fan interface?