Notebook fan stuck on?

[Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko]

On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 20:44 +0000, Robert Watson wrote:
> I'm not sure when this began, but I noticed recently that, once my
> notebook's fan gets turned on due to the temperature rising, it seems
> never to get turned off.  I'm not sure how to begin debugging this -- in
> particular, how to decide if it's because the notebook isn't cooling
> properly (perhaps due to ACPI or hardware?) or if we're failing to turn it
> back down against once it is cooled (perhaps also due to ACPI?). 
> Regardless, it actually has the effect of generating quite a bit more
> noise, and using moderately more battery, so any pointers on where to
> start looking for helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robert N M Watson
> 
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What does

sysctl hw.acpi.thermal

say?

Starting point would be looking at whether 

sysctl hw.acpi.thermal.tzN.temperature

changes with time. (for all N your notebook provided).

-- 
Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)