[ltp] Re: Fan problem

Paul Ionescu linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:33:31 +0300


Hi,

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:49:17 +0200, Kay-Michael Voit wrote:

> Hi, I have a small Problem with my R50p@Kubuntu. Everything running,
> including S3. But a fan is alway running, blowing out cold air. this is
> not the case when I use windows. What can I do?
> 
> Regards,
> Kay-Michael Voit

If you really want and if you dare, you can play with ibm-acpi to turn the
fan off. However, you need to make a script that watches the temperature
permanently and turn the fan back on when it reaches a certain threshold.
Otherwise you can damage your thinkpad.
See ibm-acpi.sf.net for the forementioned package.

Regards,
Paul