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How to control fan speed in Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:38 am
by solidstate
Is there any way to control the fan speed? I want to run my fan faster.
I have looked at thinkacpi but it looks like I would have to compile my own kernel and that is beyond me.
Thanks
Re: How to control fan speed in Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:31 pm
by Harryc
Re: How to control fan speed in Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:01 am
by SC0U7
I think he requires linux solution, your suggested is based on win.
Re: How to control fan speed in Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:11 am
by comps
solidstate wrote:Is there any way to control the fan speed? I want to run my fan faster.
I have looked at thinkacpi but it looks like I would have to compile my own kernel and that is beyond me.
Thanks
I'm not sure if it still works on newer Thinkpads, but ....
Pass "experimental=1" parameter when modprobing thinkpad-acpi. Your /proc/acpi/ibm/fan should get new help when you "cat" it - you should now be able to set fan speed manually by echo-ing an integer value (0-7 if I remember correctly) to it. Default is "auto".