Re: acpitz and powerd settings: Where can I find a tutorial?

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

Do you get a message in your syslog when the cpu is running hot?

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Super 
Biscuit<super_bisquit%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
> I'm at a lost.
> I have those scripts in /etc/rc.conf already and the cpu is still running
> hot.
> Will apm and acpi conflict each other?
> Do I need to setup estd?
> How do I modify the scripts without screwing up?
>
> See, it's the list of items above I need a tutorial for.
>
> I hope that this clarifies.
> --- On Wed, 6/10/09, matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> From: matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>
> Subject: Re: acpitz and powerd settings: Where can I find a tutorial?
> To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit%yahoo.com@localhost>
> Cc: netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 1:22 PM
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Super 
> Biscuit<super_bisquit%yahoo.com@localhost>
> wrote:
>> The laptop runs but it still gets to 170F and higher.
>>
>> I have apm, envsys, and powerd enabled in the /etc/rc.local file.
>>
>
> You usually want to put that stuff into /etc/rc.conf.  Also, you
> should get a message in /var/log/messages when your laptop gets that
> hot (or when any even occurs)
>
> After you get that message it means a script in /etc/powerd/scripts/
> was executed.
>
> In your case sensor_temperature would probably happen, but it doesn't
> look like it currently does anything so you might have to customize it
> to slow down the cpu or whatever else you want it to do.
>
> Matt
>
>