[ltp] Fan control under ubuntu

Michael Ott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:55:52 +0100


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Hi!

> > > >I've been noticing that under ubuntu the fan of the computer starts =
and never=20
> > > >stops until I shut down - which might mean that I don't have power m=
anagement=20
> > > >properly set up.
> > >=20
> > > What's the room temperature? What's the CPU temperature? What's the C=
PU freq?
> > >=20
> > > I have an R51 and in winter the fan stops without problems when the C=
PU (or=20
> > > whatever) temp drops below ~37=E7=99=88. Now it's summer and I have n=
o air=20
> > > conditioning, the room temperature is well above 25=E7=99=88 (almost =
30=E7=99=88) now I=20
> > > don't see the CPU below 40=E7=99=88, that means the fan never stops (=
fortunately).
> > 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.
>=20
> How do you manage to acheive that? Could you share your configuration?
There are some scripts on thinkwiki
(http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ACPI_fan_control_script). I use one of
that.

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