[ltp] Re: tpfand configuration for an X200s

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Christoph Bier wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh schrieb am 01.12.2008 22:18:
> > On Mon, 01 Dec 2008, Christoph Bier wrote:
> >> If you have a look at this screenshot [2] you'll see that "Control
> >> system fan by software" is activated but actually it's hardware
> >> controlled (system was rebooted many times since I configured
> >> tpfand). Did I miss something?
> > 
> > I suggest you do a throughout test of thinkpad-acpi fan control on your
> > x200s.  Read the documentation for thinkpad-acpi,
> 
> I read the documentation for thinkpac-acpi. But I should say that
> there were many things I did not understand.

Well, that I can help with.

> > and try out setting each
> > of the fan levels.  You should find at least three different speeds, plus
> > off.  After that, test the "disengaged" mode as well.
> > 
> > Then, tell us what you find :-)
> 
> I find that I can't change the fan levels:

You need to give the module the parameter fan_control=1 to enable fan
control.

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  Henrique Holschuh