I'm having a different variant of the fan problem since I upgraded to
2.6.27-10. When the computer boots, the BIOS sets the fan running at
medium intensity, and under normal conditions the Linux kernel stops
when it begins probing devices (when the splash screen appears). Now it
doesn't, and the fan simply keeps running.

Under normal conditions, the four fan intensity levels are triggered at
61, 71, 81 and 91 degrees when temperature increases, and the speed
level is reduced at 50, 60, 70 and 80 degrees when the temperature
decreases (i.e., reaching 50 means stopping the fan).

When the fan starts non-stop from boot, if I heat up the CPU to 61
degrees (first trigger), the fan switches to the lowest intensity, and
then it stops if I allow it to cool down to 50 degrees. I use a bash
script to warm up the CPU, which I've attached in case anyone wants to
use it. I usually need to block the air vent with my hand to prevent the
running fan from spoiling the trick. Keep an eye on the temperature if
you use this!

But I've also had cases where the fan won't respond to increasing the
temperature. This is getting annoying.. does anyone have any idea of
what may be going wrong here, or where to look to gather clues?

** Attachment added: "warmup.gz"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20406179/warmup.gz

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