Ubuntu
gnome-utils package

unable to turn cooling device on

Bug #179729 reported by Robt. C. Reynolds
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gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-utils

system will not turn fan on

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 1 16:24:08 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-log
Package: gnome-utils 2.20.0.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-system-log
ProcCwd: /home/quixote
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
Uname: Linux Blub 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-bug
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Robt. C. Reynolds (robtcreynolds) wrote :
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Robt. C. Reynolds (robtcreynolds) wrote :

The system is logging constant attempts to trun the fan on but seemingly to no avail. I do not even know if it is a HP bug or a Ubuntu bug. My computer is a HP Pavilion a610n. The fan had worked with Windows XP so I believe the problem is communication between the OS and the computer.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report and not a gnome-utils bug and we are closing it. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise your question in the support tracker. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu

Changed in gnome-utils:
status: New → Invalid
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Harbinger (saedaen) wrote :

Just did a clean install of Heron on my HP Pavilion a620n and i'm getting

Sep 4 17:01:42 HPclunker kernel: [ 18.772106] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [dddd1f18] 'on'

every 6 sec in my kern.log, messages, and syslog sections of the system log viewer. Yes, all the fans are on and working just fine. I did a clean install because i was originally getting this in Heron so i upgraded to Ibex and was still getting the same ACPI fan message (diff address).

I went ahead and attached a txt file of the messages log from the first boot after the clean install. I've run the updates since then and still getting same message spam.

I'm going to upgrade to Ibex (again) and see if the problem persists.

Sep 4 17:01:42 HPclunker kernel: [ 18.763983] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
Sep 4 17:01:42 HPclunker kernel: [ 18.772106] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [dddd1f18] 'on'
makes me sad

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