Hi, Have a look at a package called lm-sensors, it has a program bundled in it for controlling fans.
HTHs 2009/8/15 andy baxter <a...@earthsong.free-online.co.uk>: > Hi, > > I have just built a mini-itx box with a jetway J7F4 motherboard. It's great, > apart from the fan is a bit noisier than I had hoped - I bought it hoping > that it would be quiet enough to leave switched on all the time in my living > room, but it isn't. I've thought of just disconnecting the fan, as it seems > to run fairly cool even with the CPU at full load - around 35 deg C, but I > would rather not do this unless there's no alternative. > > Is there a way of telling the kernel to leave the fan switched off unless > the CPU temp goes above a certain value, say 50 deg C? I had a look through > /sys and found this directory: > > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0 > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-14 21:17 cdev0 -> ../cooling_device1 > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 cdev0_trip_point > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-14 21:17 cdev1 -> ../cooling_device0 > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 cdev1_trip_point > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-14 20:56 device -> > ../../../devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXTHERM:00/LNXTHERM:01 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 mode > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-08-14 21:16 power > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-14 20:56 subsystem -> ../../thermal > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 temp > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 trip_point_0_temp > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 trip_point_0_type > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 trip_point_1_temp > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 trip_point_1_type > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 trip_point_2_temp > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:17 trip_point_2_type > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 21:16 type > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-08-14 20:55 uevent > > There are also directories cooling_device0 and cooling_device1, both of > which contain the files 'type' (FAN), and 'cur_state' (1 for device 0, 0 for > device 1). I only have 1 fan connected, so I assume cooling_device0 is the > fan. > > Any suggestions as to where I should go from here? > > thanks, > > andy > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- [WWW] http://southernvaleslug.org/ [IRC] #southern-vales.lug on irc.freenode.net "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org