2.6 kernel fan control

[Net Llama!]

On 01/09/2005 10:41 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>> On 01/09/2005 09:44 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
>>
>>> I have a compaq presario destop. The fan is turned off on all 
>>> installs using newer (2.6) kernels. When I reboot the fan comes on 
>>> until the kernel starts up, then it shuts down. I assumed this was a 
>>> good thing, and the fan would come on if temp went up. It certainly 
>>> quiets the room, and seems to do no harm so far.
>>>
>>> Anyone else have fans shutting down? (or am I living in a cave again?)
>>>
>>
>> ACPI is doing this, guarenteed.
>>
> 
> OK. As long as I'm not silently burning up my cpu, I'm quite happy with 
> the quiet.

That i can't say for sure.  ACPI is one of the most buggy 'features' in 
2.6.x kernels.  It works well for some hardware, and horribly for 
others.  You can, however, determine what the temperature trigger points 
are for your fan(s) by looking under /proc/acpi

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