Comments on: Manual fan control with /proc/acpi http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mulenmar http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-44766 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:04:07 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-44766 This netbook, an Acer Aspire One 751h, doesn’t even have anything in its /proc/acpi/fan psuedo-directory — even with the fan, acer-wmi, and acerhdf modules modprobed…

]]> By: Not with a whimper but a bang « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43686 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:55:26 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43686 [...] was willing to forgive a row of suddenly lifeless keys, or the rattling fan, or even the thixotropic 4200rpm hard drive. But the list of hindrances mounted quickly, and even [...]

]]> By: GoblinX Project » GoblinX Newsletter, Issue 249 (05/09/2010) http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43235 Mon, 17 May 2010 11:26:17 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43235 [...] Manual fan control with /proc/acpi [...]

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43139 Mon, 10 May 2010 22:16:51 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43139 This is 2.6.33-ARCH, which I believe is the most recent Arch kernel. It’s possible that different machines or different architectures have fan states in different locations in /proc, so you might have to poke around. I know, for example, that some Thinkpads have /proc/acpi/ibm/fan.

]]> By: renkinjutsu http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43138 Mon, 10 May 2010 22:08:30 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43138 what kernel version are you using?

it just spits out “write error: no such device” when i redirect io to the state file.

]]> By: evidex http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43086 Fri, 07 May 2010 23:32:27 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43086 What kind of temperatures does that thing operate at?

]]> By: Links 7/5/2010: RHEL and CentOS 3 EoL, Fedora 13 Near | Techrights http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43085 Fri, 07 May 2010 22:52:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43085 [...] Manual fan control with /proc/acpi [...]

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43083 Fri, 07 May 2010 22:16:03 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43083 It might. I’ve also noticed that the fan on this machine will start up again over time, with the state continuing to show “off.” It’s possible there is a better method than this, even though it works for a little while. I’ll see if I can find another answer. …

]]> By: Jakob http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43077 Fri, 07 May 2010 13:27:50 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/manual-fan-control-with-procacpi/#comment-43077 Probably the posibility to override fan control depends on hardware and/or BIOS, this laptop does not respond to any changes made to ‘/proc/acpi/fan/FAN/state’.

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