Comment 20 for bug 387620

HP Laptop DV5200 TX. currently running Lucid Lynx (10.04) Beta
Auto shutdowns when viewing Flash heavy sites

Is there anyway to ensure that fan can cool the processor, or throttle the processor to reduce auto shutdowns???

Problem since Ubuntu 9.04

sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cd /proc/acpi/fan/
sanal@sanal-laptop:/proc/acpi/fan$ ls
sanal@sanal-laptop:/proc/acpi/fan$

sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/trip_points
critical (S5): 85 C
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/temperature
temperature: 55 C
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/state
state: ok
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/polling_frequency
<polling disabled>
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ01/cooling_mode
<setting not supported>
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ02/trip_points
critical (S5): 105 C
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ02/temperature
temperature: 27 C
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ02/state
state: ok
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ02/polling_frequency
<polling disabled>
sanal@sanal-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ02/cooling_mode
<setting not supported>