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[Hergiswi]

I'm back with more problems! I bought a laptop from my friend recently. It was only $100 and I was just looking for a spare laptop on which to install Linux. As it turns out, the thing is pretty decent, dual core and whatnot. Anyway, that's not the point. It's a Toshiba Satellite, and, as I found out recently, they're notorious for overheating.

As it turns out, they're even more notorious for overheating when you install Linux. I read something (I could be wrong) that seems to imply that the fans are not even turning on due to the way the Linux boot record works or something. I'm not really sure. All I know is that if I install anything in Fedora the thing shuts down in a matter of minutes from overheating.

Luckily, I have one of those USB cooling pad things, so it's an issue that can be avoided. Why I'm trying to figure out is whether or not there's a better solution, perhaps a permanent one that doesn't involve spending a lot of money.

thx x0x0

[Saffith]

Try this. When the grub menu comes up, edit the boot commands (press E, I think). Find the line that starts with "linux /boot/vmlinuz..." At the end of the line, add:
acpi_osi=Linux
Be sure you're really at the end of the line; it's probably long enough that it'll be displayed as two. You'll know that by a backslash at the end of the line. Also, it probably ends in "quiet splash" by default.

If that helps, it can be added permanently.

[Hergiswi]

So I couldn't exactly find that line, but the only line that was close said:

CODE

linux       /vmlinuz-3.7.2-etc.

and it actually took up 3 lines. I'm assuming this is just something that varies between Linux distros.

Anyway, I'm not exactly sure how tell if it's working from here. I did sudo yum upgrade and it managed to do a small upgrade without overheating and shutting down, but apparently this upgrade broke something and now I can't connect to my wireless network (even though it's recognizing it). Perfect.

Thanks for the help though. If you have any further advice, especially pertaining to this, I'd love to hear it.

EDIT: I rebooted without the acpi_os=Linux line in the boot commands and now I'm on the internet just fine. Is it conceivable for this to affect my connection at all, or is this sheer coincidence? I also don't seem to be getting the kernel error that I received right after I did the upgrade.

Edited by Hergiswi, 10 March 2013 - 10:00 PM.

[Saffith]

That option just affects how the OS interacts with the system's power management, which controls fan speeds. I wouldn't expect it to affect the network or anything else, but I'm not positive it wouldn't.
Although...

EDIT: I rebooted without the acpi_os=Linux line in the boot commands and now I'm on the internet just fine.

That's not quite right - it's acpi_osi=Linux. Do you know if you entered it correctly when you tried it?
You could also try acpi_osi=Windows.