[ltp] fan on/off: the role of the kernel

[Damien Challet]

Dear All,

There seems to be quite a few problems with fan on/off and thinkpads. In my 
experience, the only kernels able to _stop_ the fan once on are those of SuSE 
9.2 (I do not know why: mandrake 9.2, yoper 2.2 etc do not stop the fan).

You can also fine tune the trip points of the fan by fiddling 
with /proc/acpi/thermal/THMx/trip_points, e.g. for a 600E:

echo '63:0:0:45:0' >/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM2/trip_points

(at your own risk)

Good luck

Damien


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Damien Challet
Nomura Centre for Quantitative Finance
Mathematical Institute,
St Giles' 24-29, Oxford OX1 3LB United Kingdom
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