Fan problems on toshiba with linux

[udz368]

Hi all,

Is the acpi (fan problem) on toshiba laptops already fixed in the newest version of linuxmint?

[udz368]

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[udz368]

[rdanner3]

Actually, the fan system worked fine until just recently on my machine (see my sigfile for my laptop type). Still not sure why it isn't anymore.

{UPDATE: Apparently, the Toshiba extensions aren't in the current generic kernels unless you recompile. Not fun. Anyone know how to proceed here?]

[Lord_Eager]

Actually i have no fan control via linux, neither found any solution to install any driver for 3D-sensor gravity for HDD protection... On a Toshiba NB200... i'm interested as well...

[rdanner3]

Actually i have no fan control via linux, neither found any solution to install any driver for 3D-sensor gravity for HDD protection... On a Toshiba NB200... i'm interested as well...

To the best of my knowledge, the driver for the accelerometer you refer to (which my machine also has!) is not available in Linux, nor is the one that enables (on my machine) the Dolby Control Center. (I do miss my Dolby! LOL But I can do without, most of the time. Heck, the times I use the Harman/Kardon speakers on this laptop are fairly rare...)

And we apparently need to reinsert the Toshiba ACPI kernel extensions (at the least) back into the kernel. Two different Toshiba-specific kernel extension modules (extension ".ko") exist on my HD (have checked) but I have no idea (past a recompile!) how to tell the kernel to actually load the things!

The last three times I've tried to recompile a kernel from sources have all failed before I got to the configuration menu. And don't even ask how many warnings I got. Annoying stuff!)

[Update: Using instructions for the Quantal kernel from this thread http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=40185 I was able to get the fan going again, although it is actually a kernel in the bleeding-edge.]