[Delta_Echo]

I am trying to install Linux Gentoo on my Compaq Presario C700 but theres a problem, when Gentoo boots up my laptops fan shutdown.
I try to make it through the install, i have my laptop next to me on my desk but i am using Secure Shell to install it from my Desktop (Multi Tasking is nice)
anyway, every once in a while i feel my laptop....its really F*CKING HOT! I can't feel any airflow out of the vents so i issue the command "halt" and shutdown. On reboot my fan spins up to full and blows REALLY REALLY hot air. So.......

I have checked my bios options, no fan controls.
Is there a bash command i can issue to force my system fan to start?
(Remember this is a live environment so i can't install warez yet)


Thanks guys.
Live long and code strong.

[no2pencil]

I doubt that there are bash commands for the fans, but I could be wrong.

Usually power devices on the mother board are controlled by the ACPI, & if you are running this off a live cd, I'm not sure what the fix would be. If this were an installed distribution, I would suggest compiling advanced power management into your kernel.

[Delta_Echo]

Is there a special Argument i can pass to the live cd kernel on boot that will check the acpi to make sure it detected everything correctly?

[MorphiusFaydal]

gentoo acpi would make sure that the ACPI scripts run... Which they're supposed to do automatically. Try booting the gentoo-nofb kernel, and monitor all the init messages and kernel messages for anything ACPI related that seems... Out of the ordinary.