acpi-table is mixed up after reboot on HP-laptop. Fan blows continously

[Vincent Hindriksen]

Binary package hint: acpid

On my HP Compaq 8710p the ACPI does not get reset well.
I used this script:
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C376/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C377/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C378/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C379/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C37A/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C37B/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C393/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C394/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C395/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C396/state
cat /proc/acpi/fan/C397/state

If I turn of my laptop for a few minutes and turn it on again, I get:
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: on
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: off

If I reboot, or turn on the laptop within a few minutes I get:
status: off
status: on
status: on
status: on
status: on
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: off
status: on

The result is that the fan blows at full speed, which is very annoying (and battery consuming). Bios is compiled with MSFT-compiler. Can Ubuntu force the table to be reset during boot?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: acpid 1.0.6-9ubuntu4.9.04.3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: acpid
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

[jcwinnie (jcwinnie)]

Sounds similar to what's happening on Dell Latitude D600. After most recent upgrade, the fan runs constantly.

[jcwinnie (jcwinnie)]

Did a complete shutdown on the Dell D600 laptop. After re-start seems fine. Will try normal activity next and see what happens.

acpid:
  Installed: 1.0.6-9ubuntu8
  Candidate: 1.0.6-9ubuntu8
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.6-9ubuntu8 0

usplash:
  Installed: 0.5.47
  Candidate: 0.5.47
  Version table:
 *** 0.5.47 0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Quintin (quintin-vanrooyen)]

Happens still on 13.04

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Vincent Hindriksen, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

If reproducible, could you also please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.13-rc7

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]