Re: fan control based on temp

Karol Kozimor
2004-06-13T15:10:23Z

Thus wrote Dan:
> When I have acpi enabled on my laptop, the cpu fan doesn't come on
> unless I run acpi -t and my cpu temp happens to be too hot, likewise it
> doesn't turn the fan off or to low unless I run acpi -t and the temp is
> low enough. Is there some standard automated way of having this checked
> and kept up with? My laptop's overheating way too often right now cuz
> of this :)

I'd guess your BIOS is buggy and neither generates thermal events nor
reports it to the OS. echo <number> >
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/polling_frequency might help.
Best regards,

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Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor
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