[ltp] fan always on, t41, xubuntu

[Atte André Jensen]

Laurent Gilson wrote:

> 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.

Ok, got the tp-fancontrol scripts working. Now I'd like to see it in 
work before I leave it alone. Thought aout compiling a kernel, and 
watching the temperature go up and the fan kick in.

I looked in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature, and it's pretty 
low right now 37C. Is the a reliable source for testing? "cat 
/proc/acpi/ibm/thermal" says "37 46 32 47 36 -128 33 -128", what do 
these figures correspond to, and which ones should I stare at while 
compiling a kernel?

What should the temperature be before the fan kicks in? Supposed the fan 
stays off and the temperature keeps rising, at what temperature should I 
stop my experiment, IOW what's the maximum recommended temperature of 
the CPU?

Also; how should the bios cpu frequency scaling + other power related 
stuff be configured?

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