fan funning high on base system

[Justin Hibbits]

Hi Herminio,

Are you running 10.x?  If so, could you try again with 11-CURRENT?  I
fixed a sign bug a few months ago, but haven't MFC'd it (or a host of
other bugfixes), so that may fix your problem.

- Justin

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
<herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Justin,
>
> Right now I have openbox running, but my fan is going crazy with the system
> on idle. My machine is not hot at all but I am seeing this in dmeg,
>
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (PWR/MEMORY BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds
> critical temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (PWR/MEMORY BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds
> critical temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (CPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (PWR/MEMORY BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds
> critical temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (PWR/MEMORY BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds
> critical temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 255.0 C) exceeds critical
> temperature (80.0 C); count=1
> $
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 10:01 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr.
> <herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Once I finished building Xorg and my video drivers, I did a reboot. Then
>> logged in again and started X. All was good and my fans were quiet. Now on
>> to build my DE!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 12, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29 at alumni.cwru.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Jul 12, 2015 8:17 AM, "Herminio Hernandez Jr"
>> <herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have the base system installed on my iBook G4, but the fans are
>> > running like crazy. During the install I selected the powerd service to
>> > control cpu scaling, but I am not sure if it is working. It could since I am
>> > installing the port for xorg I just to be sure that there is not another
>> > port I need to install to manage cpu and fans on powerpc. Thanks!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Herminio Hernandez Jr <herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com>
>>
>> The fans should be temperature controlled, which can be disabled through
>> the machdep.manage_fans sysctl. All temperatures and fan speeds can be seen
>> with sysctl as well. I think the iBook uses the adt746x, but you can just
>> grep for 'temp', 'pwm', and 'rpm' for the data, maybe a sensor is finding a
>> really high temperature. If you're building anything the temperature does
>> sound and the fans go nuts, but afterwards they should quiet down.
>>
>> -Justin
>
>