[ltp] fan always on, t41, xubuntu

[Laurent Gilson]

Hello,

> 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?

nope. Just make sure the fan is enabled if any sensors get hot  
(/proc/ibm/thermal). Use a failsafe script that enables the fan on exit.  
And NEVER EVER kill that process with kill -9.

> I'm also not sure whether the problem is actually with temperature (so  
> the fan is actually working correctly).

Post your thermal readings and/or compare them to others.

cu