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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
But my hardware must have fan control because it is controlled when in Windows.
My motherboard is an ASUS CUV4X-D (Coppermind PIII dual).
How do I find out if I need a Linux driver, and what might that driver be? If I know what module I need then I can try loading it.
Thanks for helping...
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
there are other ways besides PWM to control the fan speed, and fancontrol doesn't support those ways.
see http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us
3 pin fan uses DC voltage control, 4 pin fans use PWM. I'm not aware of any P3 fans with 4 pins.
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
Quote:
Originally Posted by
remmelt
And paste this in there:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
# Fancontrol start script.
#
set -e
# Defaults
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/fancontrol
PIDFILE=/var/run/fancontrol.pid
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
case "$1" in
start)
log_begin_msg "Starting fancontrol daemon..."
start-stop-daemon --start -o -q -m -b -p $PIDFILE -x $DAEMON
log_end_msg $?
;;
stop)
log_begin_msg "Stopping fancontrol daemon..."
start-stop-daemon --stop -o -q -p $PIDFILE
log_end_msg $?
;;
force-reload|restart)
sh $0 stop
sh $0 start
;;
*)
log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/fancontrol {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
log_success_msg " start - starts system-wide fancontrol service"
log_success_msg " stop - stops system-wide fancontrol service"
log_success_msg " restart, force-reload - starts a new system-wide fancontrol service"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
I can't get the startup script to work. When i reboot my computer and run >ps -e fancontrol isn't listed and the fans spin att full speed. I does however set a .pid-file in /var/run/ since it complains about it when i try to start manually. I'm using this fancontrol script: http://volker.dnsalias.net/linux/tec...ors/fancontrol Could it be messing something up?
Running Ubuntu Feisty.
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
Hi,
I'm wondering.. does the script start every time the system boots up? How about surviving a hibernation? I think these are general init-script issues... or?
cheers
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
I have got as far as running "sudo pwmconfig" and it successfully stops my fan so I can listen to it. However, when doing the config, it is never able to start or stop the fan with the "t" function.
I run an ASUS M2M-MX motherboard.
Is there some reason why it can stop the fan when pwmconfig is run, but cannot start/stop it when using the "t" option?
I am a little concerned about using it otherwise, but it would be really nice to get it to work...
This is the output of the first run:
************************************************** *************
greg@mediapc:/etc/init.d$ sudo pwmconfig
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.
We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.
Found the following PWM controls:
9191-0290/pwm1
9191-0290/pwm2
9191-0290/pwm3
Found the following fan sensors:
9191-0290/fan1_input current speed: 3245 RPM
9191-0290/fan2_input current speed: 0 ... skipping!
9191-0290/fan3_input current speed: 0 ... skipping!
Warning!!! This program will stop your fans, one at a time,
for approximately 5 seconds each!!!
This may cause your processor temperature to rise!!!
If you do not want to do this hit control-C now!!!
Hit return to continue:
Testing pwm control 9191-0290/pwm1 ...
9191-0290/fan1_input ... speed was 3245 now 5037
no correlation
No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of 9191-0290/pwm1,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)
Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)?
************************************************** *************
It does successfully stop the fan..
Cheers
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
Hi y'all,
Wondering if anybody could help me out. Have followed howto for lm-sensors and fancontrol, seems to work okay until pwmconfig and then the fans don't stop when it says they should.
Set up lm-sensors and get output from sensors:
k8temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Core0 Temp:
+37°C
w83627ehf-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
VCore: +1.14 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.74 V)
in1: +12.41 V (min = +2.06 V, max = +9.29 V) ALARM
AVCC: +3.36 V (min = +1.02 V, max = +2.69 V) ALARM
3VCC: +3.38 V (min = +3.97 V, max = +2.86 V) ALARM
in4: +1.70 V (min = +0.86 V, max = +1.75 V)
in5: +1.73 V (min = +1.53 V, max = +1.26 V) ALARM
in6: +5.56 V (min = +6.02 V, max = +5.04 V) ALARM
VSB: +3.38 V (min = +3.95 V, max = +0.61 V) ALARM
VBAT: +0.26 V (min = +4.08 V, max = +2.46 V) ALARM
in9: +1.64 V (min = +0.09 V, max = +0.38 V) ALARM
Case Fan: 1997 RPM (min = 2766 RPM, div = 4) ALARM
CPU Fan: 3082 RPM (min = 5232 RPM, div = 2) ALARM
Aux Fan: 0 RPM (min = 68 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan5: 0 RPM (min = 168750 RPM, div = 8) ALARM
Sys Temp: +30°C (high = -127°C, hyst = +58°C)
CPU Temp: +27.5°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)
AUX Temp: +35.5°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C)
Then running 'pwmconfig':
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.
We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.
Found the following PWM controls:
9191-0290/pwm1
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
9191-0290/pwm2
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
9191-0290/pwm3
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
Found the following fan sensors:
9191-0290/fan1_input current speed: 1985 RPM
9191-0290/fan2_input current speed: 3068 RPM
9191-0290/fan3_input current speed: 0 ... skipping!
9191-0290/fan5_input current speed: 0 ... skipping!
Warning!!! This program will stop your fans, one at a time,
for approximately 5 seconds each!!!
This may cause your processor temperature to rise!!!
If you do not want to do this hit control-C now!!!
Hit return to continue:
Testing pwm control 9191-0290/pwm1 ...
9191-0290/fan1_input ... speed was 1985 now 2020
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
no correlation
9191-0290/fan2_input ... speed was 3068 now 3054
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
no correlation
No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of 9191-0290/pwm1,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)
Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? n
Testing pwm control 9191-0290/pwm2 ...
9191-0290/fan1_input ... speed was 1985 now 1985
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
no correlation
9191-0290/fan2_input ... speed was 3068 now 3096
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
no correlation
No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of 9191-0290/pwm2,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)
Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? n
Testing pwm control 9191-0290/pwm3 ...
9191-0290/fan1_input ... speed was 1985 now 2020
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
no correlation
9191-0290/fan2_input ... speed was 3068 now 3068
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig: line 102: echo: write error: Invalid argument
no correlation
No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of 9191-0290/pwm3,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)
Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)? n
Testing is complete.
Please verify that all fans have returned to their normal speed.
The fancontrol script can automatically respond to temperature changes
of your system by changing fanspeeds.
Do you want to set up its configuration file now (y)? n
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
I can't seem to get the startup script to work either, any idea?
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
Hi all,
I have a M2N-E MOBO with Athlon 3800 x2 processor. I got my fancontrol working with my MOBO.
I have written down what i did in my blog for my references in future. Anyone interested can refer to it. Hope this helps. :)
http://bsling.blogspot.com/2007/06/fancontrol.html
http://bsling.blogspot.com/2007/10/c...l-further.html
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
Thank you for the great how to.
I now have everything running and there is a direct correlation between CPU temperature and CPU fan speed as shown by KSensors (Kubuntu) so I assume that everything is running as it should. Automatic starting is also OK.
I just have one problem -
During the close down process for Kubuntu my CPU fan switches off completely. I assume that this is caused once it unloads fancontrol.
Is there a command to unload fancontrol?
Can I do this automatically as a part of closing down Kubuntu? I suppose what I asking is "is there a way to automatically close fancontrol before continuing with the shut down process.
Thanks again for a great how to!
Neill
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Re: HOWTO: Fancontrol
The problem is solved :-)
It only happens if I start fancontrol from hand in the console.
Doing it as in the how to and everything works. During shut down the fan speeds up!
Thank you!