[ltp] Re: tpfand configuration for an X200s

[Christoph Bier]

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh schrieb am 15.12.2008 21:14:

> 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.

I don't know how to translate this phrase into german.

>> > 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.

Yes, I know and I do that[1]; sorry, I should have mentioned it again:

chris@skull-tp:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.modprobe
options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1

Best
Christoph

[1]
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2008-December/045496.html
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