is there any SIMPLE fan control program to stop the noise?

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is there any SIMPLE fan control program to stop the noise?

#1 Post by mgo » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:33 pm

I really would like to use Ubuntu or some other distro more often, but the ThinkPad T60 series fan whine makes me crazy. Thankfully, the TPFancontrol program saves my sanity in Windows. I have looked into fan control schemes for Linux, but they all seem hopelessly "geeky" and incomprehensible for my inexperienced brain.

What do you use for fan noise control when running a Linux operating system on your ThinkPad?

thanks!

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Re: is there any SIMPLE fan control program to stop the noise?

#2 Post by madcow » Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:54 pm

I know there's a way, but i can't recall.

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Re: is there any SIMPLE fan control program to stop the noise?

#3 Post by doog » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:39 pm

The fan in my R61 doesn't hardly run. Temp hangs 39/40 Celsius
Do you know if the fan issue is just in Ubuntu ? Do you have all the modules for acpi installed?

If you go to a Konsole and type acpi -V
That command should post the temps you are running.

Also have you tried other distro's with a liveCD to see if the fan ran less with them ?

Also read this right here. It might be an answer.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_control_fan_speed
T60 / R61e / R51 flexview / HP NC4200

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Re: is there any SIMPLE fan control program to stop the noise?

#4 Post by aaa » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:59 pm

Well tpfc (from the thinkwiki link) looks like it would do the trick.

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