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Hiya,
I've noticed my laptop getting a little too hot for my liking. It hasn't burnt me but can get uncomfortable after a while.
While using mint I installed dellfand to help with the fans but i'm having trouble using it with arch.
Below is the file i would execute to install in mint and would like help as to how to get it working in Arch.
I have managed to do makepkg but dont know where to go from there.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Andy
tar xvf dellfand-*.tar.bz2
cd dellfand*
make
sudo cp dellfand /usr/sbin
sudo cp etc.init.d.dellfand /etc/init.d/dellfand
sudo cp etc.default.dellfand /etc/default/dellfand
sudo /etc/init.d/dellfand start
sudo update-rc.d dellfand multiuser
Last edited by Andy Mack (2008-09-11 20:45:58)
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If you are finished with makepkg, then you should see if there is a pkgname.pkg.tar.gz in your /var/abs/local/pkgname dir. If it's there, then just do a:
pacman -U pkgname.pkg.tar.gz
I personally do a makepkg -ci --asroot, which handles all the steps for me.
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I did not get this from AUR it was from this site http://dellfand.dinglisch.net/#download
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Anyone, please, I'd hate to have to give up on Arch because of this.
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I have replied to your mail. But in case you missed it, here is what I did to get dellfand running on my Dell Inspiron 6400.
1. Download the tar zipped file from dellfand's site, unzip it , cd into the folder and run 'make'. This produces the executable. You have done this already.
2. As root, copy the executable to /usr/local/bin.
3. Put this line in /etc/rc.local to have it run on boot.
/usr/local/bin/dellfand 1 2 40 50 55
The above will run dellfand as a daemon( the parameter 1), with a sleep time of 2 seconds( parameter 2) with an off,low and high temperatues of 40, 50 and 55. Change the temperatures to the ones that suit you.
This alone will not bring down the temperature. I found that a default installation of Arch pegs the cpu to its highest frequency. I installed cpufrequtils, the acpi-freq driver and set the 'ondemand' governor in /etc/conf.d/cpufreq.
Read the cpufrequtils wiki for more info.
I added acpi-cpufreq to my MODULES list in rc.conf and cpufreq to my DAEMONS list.
Now my temps have come down.
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Your sir are an absolute star!
My laptop is nice and cool and I think I have everything set up just as I'd like.
Thankyou
Andy
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You are welcome. Could you please put 'Solved' on this thread?
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