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Fan control in ubuntu 10.04

#1 Post by garnet » Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:25 am

Hi all
Is there a program for ubuntu which lets me control the fan and lists current temperatures?
My t60 gets very hot when watching video. The fan spins, but it seems it is on a slow speed and not adequate for higher CPU use.
Thanks.
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Re: Fan control in ubuntu 10.04

#2 Post by Tasurinchi » Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:41 am

tpfanco

It's easy to install and quite user friendly. I was monitoring the temps of my T60p with it during the last days. You have to install the three packages listed here
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Re: Fan control in ubuntu 10.04

#3 Post by garnet » Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:46 am

Tasurinchi wrote:tpfanco

It's easy to install and quite user friendly. I was monitoring the temps of my T60p with it during the last days. You have to install the three packages listed here
Thanks.
I am noob in linux. How do I install these packages?
T60 8743-cto, 64 GB C300 SSD, UB HDD - 200GB 7200, ATI MR X1400 @ 1680x1050, 3 GB RAM, Core 2 Duo T7200 2 GHz, Atheros WIFI N, IntelPRO/1000 PL, DVDRW, Win XP pro/Ubuntu 10.10
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Re: Fan control in ubuntu 10.04

#4 Post by Tasurinchi » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:02 am

Just download them into a folder on your laptop (default directory should be "Downloads")

Then just double-click each file in the order specified here
IBM Convertible 5140/L40SX/220/240/240X/2*340CSE/360PE/365XD/380D/380E/380XD/380Z/390/560E/560X/2*570/2*600/600E/750Cs/755C/760CD/760EL/760XD/770E
A20p/A22p/A31/i1600/G40/R50p/R61i/S30/SL510/2*T22/4*T4x/11*T6x/6*T40x/6*T5x0/3*W5x0/W700/3*X2x/4*X3x/3*X4x/5*X6x/3*X6xT/12*X2xx/4*X30x/Z60m/3*Z61x
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Re: Fan control in ubuntu 10.04

#5 Post by garnet » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:22 am

Does it require

thinkpad_acpi module loaded with fan_control=1?

If yes, how can I do this? What file is put where?
T60 8743-cto, 64 GB C300 SSD, UB HDD - 200GB 7200, ATI MR X1400 @ 1680x1050, 3 GB RAM, Core 2 Duo T7200 2 GHz, Atheros WIFI N, IntelPRO/1000 PL, DVDRW, Win XP pro/Ubuntu 10.10
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Re: Fan control in ubuntu 10.04

#6 Post by Tasurinchi » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:51 am

Have you re-boot the laptop after the installation? That parameter should actually be installed automatically.
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