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Davigetto

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From: In your mind

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 266

How Can I spin down fans? I can't!

In kernel 2.6.23 times, without starting sensors or fancontrol daemons or any special module, only with laptop-mode-tools, fans were automatically spinned down when the laptop was "idle", not doing anything or only programming with vim.

After a few time, fans are never spinned down, generating unnecessary noise and spending battery. I have tried the wiki method for controlling fans described here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fan_speed_control but sensors only show this to me:

[root@helena david]# sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:      +28.0°C  (crit = +85.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1:      +28.0°C  (crit = +85.0°C)

And pwmconfig tells me this:

 /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed

I have searched the web and I found that there is a small bug in pwmconfig, but no more about how I can get fans spin down as before.

Anyone has a solution for me?

Greetings

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