Thinkpad fan control

depeo · #1 16th February 2010, 05:22 PM

Hi!

How can i control my Thinkpad's fans?
It's way too noisy, i hate that the fan aren't at the same noise level all the time.
If the fan would be noisy 24/7 i could get used to it, but not when it's quiet sometimes.

I've tried the instructions on http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ACPI_fan_control_script but some kernel modules seem to be missing:

Code:

[root@thinkpad Downloads]# /usr/sbin/ibm-fancontrold 
grep: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan: No such file or directory
9811: old priority 0, new priority -10
> Starting dynamic fan control
> Shutting down, switching to automatic fan control
/usr/sbin/ibm-fancontrold: line 257: /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump: No such file or directory
[root@thinkpad Downloads]#

All help appreciated

David Batson · #2 16th February 2010, 05:40 PM

I guess you saw this also at ThinkWiki?

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_control_fan_speed

depeo · #3 16th February 2010, 07:48 PM

I tried it now.

Code:

Feb 16 18:13:50 localhost kernel: thinkpad_acpi: Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!

Too bad! I hope Fedora 13 will support my Thinkpad.