[ltp] t42 archlinux fan noise
Damien Challet
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:47:39 +0100
> cat /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal ?
a ~$ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
temperatures: 52 46 30 63 31 -128 29 -128
52 degrees is quite high, so there is a (few) process(es) preventing the cpu
from idling. powertop is you friend there. This temperature should be around
40C while idling.
Note as well the 63 in the line above, this is the GPU temperature. Make sure
that you have activated powersaving options for it.