[ltp] fan stuck on high - temps appear fine

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, John Li wrote:
> $ uname -r -m
> 2.6.27.4 x86_64

Thanks. Which distro?

> $ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
> driver:                         ThinkPad ACPI Extras
> version:                        0.21

Won't interfere.

> $ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
> temperatures: 31 41 -128 31 26 -128 24 -128 40 35 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128

Sane, no reason at all for a speedy fan.

> Compared with my current temperature readings (which are lower than
> each of these), there must be a bug somewhere, right?

Yes.  Do you have all ACPI modules loaded (fan, thermal, etc)?  Any kernel
messages complainig about ACPI issues?  Are you using the latest BIOS?

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