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@ 2003-01-06 20:07       ` Malte Thoma
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From: Malte Thoma @ 2003-01-06 20:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arndt Schoenewald, heatload-general-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f


Thank you, Arndt,

from Version 0.6.1 heatload can turn the fan on/off via the menu.
I uses an echo 0|3.

Question to the Gurus:

Why '0' and '3' ?

Greetings,

Malte


Arndt Schoenewald wrote:

>Hallo Malte!
>
>  
>
>>P.S: I still need a 'cat' of the 'fan' interface. And perhaps can 
>>someone tell me how to write to this interface.
>>    
>>
>
>Ok, ich sitze gerade mal wieder an meinem Laptop (das erste Mal seit
>ein paar Tagen) und kann dir daher jetzt diese Informationen geben.
>
>Zum Auschalten des Lüfters: echo 3 >/proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state
>
># cat /proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state
>status:                  off
>
>Und zum Wiedereinschalten: echo 0 >/proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state
>
># cat /proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state
>status:                  on
>
>Bei manchen Maschinen (z.B. bei meinem Gericom 1st SuperSonic M6-T)
>lässt sich der Lüfter auf diese Weise jedoch nicht komplett ausschalten,
>sondern er läuft lediglich langsamer (und leiser, weshalb ich das
>"echo 3 >/proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state" bei jedem Systemboot ausführe).
>
>Bis dann,
>Arndt
>
>  
>




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