On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Linux doesn't (normally) control the fan speed; that's handled by a > microcontroller.
Hmm, ok. > And where should that manual configuration come from, if thinkfan is > automatically installed? I created mine by reading the documentation in the config file, probably it needs some user notification of some sort though. > You would be better off checking for BIOS updates and maybe cleaning the > fan (this is what happened to mine after a few years: > https://twitter.com/benhutchingsuk/status/294644053973295106/photo/1 ) BIOS updates haven't helped so far. The issue is that the maximum fan RPM (8000 or so) is not able to be reached without thinkfan, the maximum in that case is around 4000, which isn't sufficient when the CPU is under load. There are a number of other fan control daemons in Debian and elsewhere, so I guess this isn't an isolated problem. I wonder if Linux should take over this job entirely, where the firmware is known to not control fans properly or just everywhere. http://packages.debian.org/sid/fancontrol http://packages.debian.org/sid/thinkfan https://github.com/MikaelStrom/macfanctld (ITP #706605) https://01.org/linux-thermal-daemon (needs packaging) -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6g-b7jkehzwp-thc71heqv1tojmr4fn-zftjz4omrp...@mail.gmail.com
