Acer Aspire 5315 fan script not working

[rgonzalez3894]

I checked through the terminal my system's specs and it is a 32 bit system.

[Kirboosy]

I checked through the terminal my system's specs and it is a 32 bit system.

You will have to completely reinstall Ubuntu on the system. There isn't a way to upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit. The only way is to reinstall your system completely. Make sure you backup all your data.

[mörgæs]

I checked through the terminal my system's specs and it is a 32 bit system.

How did you check? Please post the output of lscpu in CODE tags.

[rgonzalez3894]

How did you check? Please post the output of lscpu in CODE tags.

Hi I used the command

cat /proc/cpuinfo

and

arch

both showed outputted i686 which is a 32 bit.

[rgonzalez3894]

You will have to completely reinstall Ubuntu on the system. There isn't a way to upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit. The only way is to reinstall your system completely. Make sure you backup all your data.

So does the bit of the system depend on the OS and not on the physical limitations of the cpu?

[Kirboosy]

So does the bit of the system depend on the OS and not on the physical limitations of the cpu?

From what I read on the Acer website they have Windows Vista 64 Bit drivers for your laptop. That would lead me to believe that the processor does support the 64bit instruction set.

[rgonzalez3894]

You will have to completely reinstall Ubuntu on the system. There isn't a way to upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit. The only way is to reinstall your system completely. Make sure you backup all your data.

I may just reinstall the 64 bit version of lubuntu because it says on the website that PCs older than 2007 are usually not 64 bit compatible and I got the acer aspire in 2007 so it most likely will accept the 64 bit lubuntu. However, is the bit of the system the cause of the issue with running the fan script?

[Kirboosy]

However, is the bit of the system the cause of the issue with running the fan script?

I believe it is part of the problem. I think a BIOS update will be the best solution, but it won't hurt you to upgrade lUbuntu to 64 bit.

Keep in mind that the script you are trying to use was written in 2008 so there might be slight issues with the script as kernels and utilities change.

[rgonzalez3894]

I believe it is part of the problem. I think a BIOS update will be the best solution, but it won't hurt you to upgrade lUbuntu to 64 bit.

Keep in mind that the script you are trying to use was written in 2008 so there might be slight issues with the script as kernels and utilities change.

Hi I upgraded the laptop to the 64 bit lubuntu and reinstalled the acer_fancontrol files, and the fan actually worked for the first 3 times that I rebooted the laptop

However, after a shutdown and restart, the fan does not come on anymore.

[mörgæs]

Please copy

sudo lshw -sanitize > lshw.txt

to the terminal, run it and post lshw.txt in CODE tags.