HOWTO: Fancontrol

[akernan]

I kinda got lm-senosors working. I can't find my chipset in /etc/sensors3.conf. I think it's Intel HM55. I have an Inspiron 1564. Here is the output from sensors.

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +26.8°C  (crit = +100.0°C)
temp2:         +0.0°C  (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +62.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2:       +64.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

I'd like to get lm-sensors working correctly/fully so I can use fancontrol.

[geronimo66]

Hello,
does anybody knows, how to enable fancontrol, if pwm says "no, there are no sensors"?
I think, most users without working fancontrol suffer at this point.

I got this issue with a Toshiba Satellite. sensors just detects the thermal sensors, managed by coretemp, but no fan.
thanx for replying
geronimo

[Shaktijar]

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

Actually, my fancontrol, for instance, doesn't survive a hibernation or suspend.


Have fan.

[Wizzard]

Hi. Is it possible to preserve the fan speed after stopping fancontrol service? I would like to let the fan speed constant after rebooting the computer.

Now when I reboot the computer, after shutdown of all services, the fan start to spin very fast, like without fancontrol. In Windows, I use speedfan and it preserves the fan speed after its shutdown.

[nalsanj]

Hi

i am on Ubuntu P. The processor is Intel i3. a desktop.

i installed lm-sensors and below is the report "sensors" gave

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +30.0°C (high = +89.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2: +33.0°C (high = +89.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

w83627dhg-isa-0a10
Adapter: ISA adapter
Vcore: +0.93 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.74 V)
in1: +0.75 V (min = +1.99 V, max = +1.99 V) ALARM
AVCC: +3.36 V (min = +2.98 V, max = +3.63 V)
+3.3V: +3.36 V (min = +2.98 V, max = +3.63 V)
in4: +1.30 V (min = +0.90 V, max = +1.77 V)
in5: +0.76 V (min = +1.15 V, max = +0.90 V) ALARM
in6: +1.06 V (min = +0.94 V, max = +2.03 V)
3VSB: +3.36 V (min = +2.98 V, max = +3.63 V)
Vbat: +3.36 V (min = +2.70 V, max = +3.30 V) ALARM
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 3515 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan2: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan5: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
temp1: +39.0°C (high = -121.0°C, hyst = +9.0°C) ALARM sensor = diode
temp2: +39.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = diode
temp3: +127.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) ALARM sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +2.050 V
intrusion0: OK

radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +70.5°C


The fans sensors are detecting 0 RPM and some temperatures are out of range - the ALARMs above but i dont understand it very well. Can someone help out?

[Singtoh]

Hello All,

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 64bit from Ubuntu 12.10 64bit. Fan control was working perfectly in Ubuntu 12.10 but now when I do sudo pwmconfig it says "hwmon2/device/pwm1_enable stuck to 2, Manual control mode not supported, skipping hwmon2/device/pwm1.
There are no usable PWM outputs." Like I said it was working like a dream but after the upgrade not working? It would be nice to get this working, I use max fan on my T61 when editing music or other cpu intensive stuf and it really keeps the lappy cool. Anyone have any ideas how to get this working??

Cheers,

Singtoh

[guilhermemtr]

don't give them ideas

Nowadays most of the SO's just shutdown if the critical temperatures are reached

It has already happened to me, but with my laptop, not because of the fans, but because of some accumulated "thrash" inside of it.
(sorry for my english)

[Singtoh]

Hello All,

Well I got it going after looking at the How to fancontrol page. I was using this:"For example, in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/options: options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1" from that page. Now I am using this:"For Debian Squeeze (testing) create /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.conf with: options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 and install the package thinkfan" from the same page and it works just fine. I am using Ubuntu 13.04-64. I still have fancontrol installed along with thinkfan but I think this file is what fixed it for me:/etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.conf and inserting this:
options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 into that file.

Cheers,

Singtoh