Ubuntu and Thinkpad X30: No fan

[Dietmar G. Matzke]

Eaves Landry schrieb:
> It seems taht on my laptop the fan does not kick on under dapper 
> unless the cpu temp is so hot that I can barely touch the bottom of 
> the laptop with my hand. there are no fan settings in the bios and I 
> have the latest bios. acpi must be running but suspend etc work fine. 
> Is there a util to control the fan from with linux and if so maybe the 
> temp that it is prompted to turn on is set to high?
>
>
Hi Eaves,

as I am writing this, I am sitting in Front of a X50, which is very 
similar to your X30. Power/Fan/Temp-Controls are working pretty well. 
Even the "Silent-Mode" is selectable.

Could you post something about the function of the "Silent-Mode" FN-Key? 
If this is selected, the Fan is kept off as long as it could be. Thus: 
heat is increased to the utmost limit.

Keep us informed

Regards

Dietmar