Re: Heating issues with FreeBSD on laptop

On Tue, Sep 27 2022 at 03:08:30 PM +1000 +1000, Ian Smith 
<smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:

> What make and model laptop?

Dell Inspiron 15 7510.

> What version of FreeBSD?

13.1-RELEASE.

> Please show results of
> 
> $ sysctl hw.acpi
> 
> If none, acpi.ko isn't loaded.
> 
> Otherwise select Verbose Booting from the startup menu, and scan 
> results in /var/run/dmesg.boot to look for errors while booting.
> 
> You may need to put that file up on some site, and post a link to it 
> here.

I get results for

$ sysctl hw.acpi

hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5
hw.acpi.battery.units: 1
hw.acpi.battery.state: 1
...
hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S3
hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5
hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S3 S4 S5

I tried a verbose boot as you said and went through 
/var/run/dmesg.boot. I didn't see anything that seemed particularly of 
interest, for instance

$ grep 'error' /var/run/dmesg.boot

gave only some WiFi related errors. I'll upload the full file soon; I'm 
new to BSD so it's taking me some time to set up the system and get 
that file to a site.

> How about:
> 
> $ sysctl -a | grep fan

That gives no results either.

Thanks again for your help!

Saniya
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