[ltp] Fan control under ubuntu

amateur linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 21:48:57 +0800


On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 02:15:14PM +0200, Michael Ott wrote:
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> Hello Ignacio!
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> > >I've been noticing that under ubuntu the fan of the computer starts an=
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> > >stops until I shut down - which might mean that I don't have power man=
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> > >properly set up.
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> > What's the room temperature? What's the CPU temperature? What's the CPU=
 freq?
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> > I have an R51 and in winter the fan stops without problems when the CPU=
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> > whatever) temp drops below ~37=E7=99=88. Now it's summer and I have no =
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> > conditioning, the room temperature is well above 25=E7=99=88 (almost 30=
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> > don't see the CPU below 40=E7=99=88, that means the fan never stops (fo=
rtunately).
> On my T43 the fan start when the CPU have 60? and stop when it reach
> 54?. Do you think that the fan have to start when the CPU have reached
> 40=E7=99=88. Not in the winter my Thinkpad is under 50=E7=99=88.

How do you manage to acheive that? Could you share your configuration?

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