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TheJohnGalt

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Registered: 2019-11-22

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Thinkfan T420s not starting

I've followed the wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fa … ad_laptops

When I try to start thinkfan it errors out and gives me the following:

thinkfan.service - simple and lightweight fan control program
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/thinkfan.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/thinkfan.service.d
           └─override.conf
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2019-11-22 06:20:05 MST; 15min ago
  Process: 462 ExecStart=/usr/bin/thinkfan $THINKFAN_ARGS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Nov 22 06:20:05 thinkarch systemd[1]: Starting simple and lightweight fan control program...
Nov 22 06:20:05 thinkarch systemd[1]: thinkfan.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILU>
Nov 22 06:20:05 thinkarch systemd[1]: thinkfan.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 22 06:20:05 thinkarch systemd[1]: Failed to start simple and lightweight fan control program.

If someone could point me to the right direction I would appreciate it.

cirrus

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From: Glasgow Scotland

Registered: 2012-08-24

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Re: Thinkfan T420s not starting

check the path on your /etc/thinkfan.conf is correct

/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon*

for me hwmon* number changes depending on which kernel i boot into.

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TheJohnGalt

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Registered: 2019-11-22

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Re: Thinkfan T420s not starting

So I did have the conf file in the correct location but do you mean to put that file into the hwmon* ?

Thank you for your help

cirrus

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From: Glasgow Scotland

Registered: 2012-08-24

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Re: Thinkfan T420s not starting

do you mean to put that file into the hwmon* ?

No i mean to merely check the conf file and ensure the path is valid, mine is

hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon4/temp2_input

on mine hwmon4 changes to hwmon2 depending on which kernel i use.

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TheJohnGalt

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Registered: 2019-11-22

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Re: Thinkfan T420s not starting

Oh okay yeah it is in the correct path. Yeah mine is hwmon4.