I'm mellllttttttinggg!!! (kernel 2.6.24-0.133.rc6.git8.fc9)

[Hans de Goede]

Matthew Miller wrote:
> So, I came back from vacation and updated my rawhide machine to the latest.
> Firefox 3 is all broke for me (haven't diagnosed that yet) and not having a
> Firefox 2 package handy that doesn't conflict with xulrunner, I decided to
> build one. Core temp quickly went to 125C°+ and the computer powered
> itself off to avoid starting any fires.
> 
> This doesn't seem to happen with kernel-2.6.24-0.83.rc5.fc9, which I had
> installed before the break. Oh, it gets hot, but more like 95C°. Processor
> is an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ but I'm running in 32-bit mode.
> 
> Anyone else seeing this?
> 

Do you have lm_sensors configured? Perhaps a driver bug is causing your CPU fan 
to be stopped / to slow. Try configuring lm_sensors and take a look at your CPU 
fan speed with both the cool and the hot kernel.

Regards,

Hans