control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

stevesutt89 · 2007-11-19 04:17:44

Does anyone know if it is possible to adjust cpu fan speed, or even just how to turn the cpu fan on or off without installing lm-sensors. I ask because i want to put together a script that will keep my laptop cool by running the fan fairly regularly so it is comfortable to keep on my lap.

OR

Is there a way to tell my cpu fan to turn on at a lower temperature and cool the processor to a lower temperature?

unfortunately i can't use lm-sensors for either of these becaue it currently doesn't seem to recognise my cpu temp sensors

Allan · 2007-11-19 04:25:12

Well that depends... What type of laptop is it?

stevesutt89 · 2007-11-19 05:51:16

It is a Toshiba Tecra A2 with a intel centrino 1.5 Ghz processor (single core) the motherboard is possibly an intel 855GME

I don't know if this is relevant, but I can currently check the temperature of the CPU ( I assume) in the file /proc/acpi/termal_zone/THRM/temperature but this is only updated when the fan is turned on or off

Last edited by stevesutt89 (2007-11-19 06:06:27)

Allan · 2007-11-19 06:01:17

How about toshset in AUR
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … 1&ID=10776

stevesutt89 · 2007-11-19 09:14:52

erm ...i'm having troubles compiling it...
at least it seems to compile ok but then it when i type toshset in the command line nothing happens

stevesutt89 · 2007-11-19 09:34:24

wait, I found a binary of the toshset on the toshset home page ( http://www.schwieters.org/toshset/ ) and i got that working. However when execute
toshset -fan on
i just get the error message:

 HCI error setting fan
        HciFunction returned: NOTREADY

any ideas

EDIT: i discovered that i think that i need to patch the toshiba_acpi module in my kernel with the experimental version and then remove the toshiba module as it causes conflicts. This means i have a bit of a catch 22 situation where I need to load the toshiba module to get toshset working, but this stops it from being able to access the hardware....

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stevesutt89 · 2007-11-19 12:52:35

I'm assuming the silence means that i have to compile the kernel with the experimental toshiba_acpi support.....cause i really don't want to do that.....

Allan · 2007-11-19 13:08:46

stevesutt89 wrote:

I'm assuming the silence means that.....

Or it means that the rest of the world is not in the Australian timezone and is just emerging from bed. (I'm in Brisbane)

Did you have a good read through the notes in the source code. typically there is a file called "README" and "INSTALL" in the source that give a good explanation about how to get things running. You might just be missing a dependency and don't need to recompile things.

stevesutt89 · 2007-11-19 21:56:16

Allan wrote:

Or it means that the rest of the world is not in the Australian timezone and is just emerging from bed. (I'm in Brisbane)

no worries.....i was just checking if anyone knew if a kernel compile was avoidable, becasue once you do it once you have to keep on comiling the kernel if you want a new one.....oh well it doesn't seem that i'll have this problem as it doesn;t look like the patches are updaed very often

hang on what am i talking about, this is why i'm using arch linux.....to be a nerd and do everything by hand....;)

Oh and i did have a proper read through the README file and no mention of any dependancies is made (is was quite a short readme file whose only useful information was "do ./configure , make , make install"

Last edited by stevesutt89 (2007-11-19 22:09:31)

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#1 2007-11-19 04:17:44

control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#2 2007-11-19 04:25:12

Re: control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#3 2007-11-19 05:51:16

Re: control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#4 2007-11-19 06:01:17

Re: control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#5 2007-11-19 09:14:52

Re: control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#6 2007-11-19 09:34:24

Re: control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#7 2007-11-19 12:52:35

Re: control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#8 2007-11-19 13:08:46

Re: control fan speed/cpu temp with out lm-sensors???

#9 2007-11-19 21:56:16

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