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    SubjectRe: swsusp and suspend2 like to overheat my laptop
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    On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 19:31 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
    > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > The problem will be ACPI related, not particular to swsusp or Suspend2, which
    > > is why you're seeing it with both implementations. I would suggest that you
    > > contact the ACPI guys, and also look to see whether there is a bios update
    > > available and/or a DSDT override for your machine. The later will help if the
    > > problem is with your particular machine's ACPI support, the former if it's a
    > > more general ACPI issue.
    > >
    >
    > Thanks for the response Nigel,
    >
    > There does exist a recent bios update for this machine:
    >
    > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-58127
    >
    > Hmm, it requires windows, and I've already wiped out that partition. I
    > did a search but it seems really scary to update the BIOS via Linux.
    >
    > Anyone else out there have a Thinkpad G41 and has successfully upgraded
    > their BIOS?

    I would just report it to the ACPI people. It's a bug if Linux does not
    work with the same BIOS + DSDT that the other OS works on.

    Lee

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