>* I have Thinkpad T500 laptop with Fedora 14 KDE installed. Before
the KDE
*
>* 4.6 update the idle CPU temperature was ~42C. However after the
update
the*
>* CPU temperature varies between 48-50C.*
50°C is a perfectly safe temperature for your CPU.
>* I noticed that the lm_sensors-lib package was also updated so I
downgraded*
>* it. But it didn't help. Testing the initial Fedora 14 KDE
LiveUSB the
CPU*
>* temperature was about 40C so it's not hardware problem.*
The change may be related to the fact that KDE's PowerDevil was
using HAL
for power management, and now uses upower instead.
I thought upower doesn't influence the fan speeds. I would appreciate if
you'll point me for some differences between HAL and upower.
>* I did notice that the fan speeds differ from the LiveUSB system
now
(e.g.*
>* for the same temperature LiveUSB fan speed is higher - so the
CPU temp
is*
>* lower).*
Lower fan speed = less noise and less power consumption.
You know, right now the fan speed is much more aggressive and I have no idea
why it changed. I just wonder if there is some kind of config for fan
control.
So why are you complaining? :-)
It's just the new behavior and it's unusual :)
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Regards,
Yaroslav Sapozhnyk