[ltp] Weird CPU fan problem on T400, any help appreciated.

Ted Ts'o linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:21:32 -0400


On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 03:16:42AM +0100, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
> On 18 July 2010 02:19, Mark Altern <mark.altern@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks man for providing that information. Can you tell me which kernel are
> > you on?
> >
> > best,
> > Mark
> 
> Right now I'm running 2.6.35-rc5, but I was running 2.6.34 for the
> past month and half without any problems. I've also had before .31,
>  .32 and .33 and they all were OK.

I have a T400, with Ubuntu 10.04, running 2.6.35-rc3, and I've not
noticed any wierd problems with the fan speeds.  I'm currently
travelling and I don't have the T400 with me, so I can't check for
your specific reported problem, but I certainly don't remember it
doing anything that was annoying me.

> Power consumption has been improving a lot. With .35-rc5 I can get
> about 5 hours of battery on a 6-cell, with a wireless connection on
> and lcd at 80%.

Yes, power consumption definitely has been improving, both with the
newer kernel and newer user space.

					- Ted