[ltp] fan always on, t41, xubuntu

[Atte André Jensen]

Hi

I just got a t41, which is very nice. However the fan is always on. It's 
not very loud, but it's louder than in XP.

Now, I looked a lot on thinkwiki.org, esp 
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_control_fan_speed and 
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Patch_for_controlling_fan_speed, but I'm 
not at all sure how to approach the problem under ubuntu.

I should say that I was able to turn it off with "echo disable > 
/proc/acpi/ibm/fan" and turn it on again with "echo enable > 
/proc/acpi/ibm/fan". But I assume this is almost guaranteed to fry the 
CPU, right?

I'm also not sure whether the problem is actually with temperature (so 
the fan is actually working correctly). How can I investigate this further?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

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