Thursday, October 02, 2025

Re: A quick power management question ...

On 10/2/2025 5:44 PM, Mike wrote:
> On 10/1/2025 4:14 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote:
>> On 2025-10-01, Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org> wrote:
>>> While Jonathan and Otto already answered your question, I want to drop a
>>> small hint.  Laptops are generally designed to dissapate heat upwards
>>> through the keyboard, so if the lid is closed you'll block that off.
>>>
>>> If the heat becomes a problem, you'll want to look at alternative modes
>>> of disabling the screen.
>>
>> ich habe eine motorsaw...
>
>
> I may take a different approach.  :)
>
> I'll monitor the hw.sensor.cpu0.temp0 value via a cron job, and send out
> a warning when things look warm and shutdown when things look hot.
>
> I'm also planning to physically keep the lid open a bit, with a tilt of
> the laptop to promote convection, allowing some air circulation.
>
> Thanks again for all the great answers here.
>
>

fwiw ...

The hw.sensor.cpu0.temp0 temp seems to be peaking around 32C on the laptop.

So, things seem to be working ...

thx again.

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