It may be, but I don't think so. "acpi -t" doesn't trigger the fans on my machine, and the kernel bug you mentioned doesn't (At brief glance) seem to show anyone reporting ridiculous temperatures as I mentioned in my report (I'm sure 4billion degrees is outside normal operating range :p)
-- CPU fans won't start https://launchpad.net/bugs/70739 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
