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From: Malte Thoma <thoma-iYtK5bfT9M8b1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Fan control with heatload
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 21:07:36 +0100
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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!
>
> =20
>
>>P.S: I still need a 'cat' of the 'fan' interface. And perhaps can=20
>>someone tell me how to write to this interface.
>>   =20
>>
>
>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 L=FCfters: 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)
>l=E4sst sich der L=FCfter auf diese Weise jedoch nicht komplett ausschal=
ten,
>sondern er l=E4uft lediglich langsamer (und leiser, weshalb ich das
>"echo 3 >/proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state" bei jedem Systemboot ausf=FChre).
>
>Bis dann,
>Arndt
>
> =20
>




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