Charley you have a hardware problem. Talk to lenovo and send it for repairs. Ubuntu is not involved in the fan control, your fans are running fine... and regardless of what ubuntu does with your machine's power management it should be able to run without shutting down.
James -- Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370173 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs