Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-10 Thread Colin Tuckley
Frank A. Kingswood wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Gaudenz Steinlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-09 11:27]: How can I set the fan speed manually now and how do I enable automatic fan control (if possible)? I don't know which tools to use to control it automatically, but here are

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-10 Thread John Winters
Colin Tuckley wrote: [snip] I've had a play with the script and found: a) In the example /etc/init.d/temper stopping the daemon only does: echo 255 /sys/devices/platform/IOP3xx-I2C.0/i2c-0/0-002e/pwm2 which doesn't return the fan to full speed! You need to do echo 255

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-10 Thread Colin Tuckley
John Winters wrote: Sorry - I can't see the difference between those two. Oops! Typo. You need to set both pwm1 and pwm2 to 255 to make the fan run at full speed I think - anyone confirm? The existing script only does one of them. Also, I've just noticed that it sets the fan to full speed

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-10 Thread Steve Gane
Colin Tuckley wrote: John Winters wrote: Incidentally, I too have looked at that script. There are references to needing to work out a couple of values to suit your machine but no indication of what the values represent or how you would work them out. Can anyone provide more

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-10 Thread Colin Tuckley
Steve Gane wrote: Actually, it depends on the precise nature of your fan and it's control system. The minimum PWM setting for which the fan reliably runs varies considerably from one unit to the next, as does the maximum PWM number beyond which the fan speed ceases to increase. For me,

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-10 Thread Colin Tuckley
Steve Gane wrote: Hey, it's not *my* script. But I think it does the job quite well. Oh, your name is in the comment at the top of the page, so I assumed it was yours. Colin -- Colin Tuckley | +44(0)1903 236872 | PGP/GnuPG Key Id Debian Developer | +44(0)7799 143369 |

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-10 Thread Steve Gane
Colin Tuckley wrote: There is also a bug in your /etc/init.d/temper script. You set the pwm value to 255 for full speed before you stop the daemon. There is a chance that the daemon might change the value again before the init.d script gets to killing it, resulting in a possibly stopped or slow

fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-09 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi With kernel 2.6.23 the F75375 driver for the fan control was updated. AFAICS it should now support automatic fan control, but I did not suceeed in enableing it. Is there any documentation for the files in /sys/devices/platform/IOP3xx-I2C.0/i2c-adapter\:i2c-0/0-002e/ How can I set the fan

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Gaudenz Steinlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-09 11:27]: How can I set the fan speed manually now and how do I enable automatic fan control (if possible)? I don't know which tools to use to control it automatically, but here are instructions for manual use: By default, the fan should run at

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-09 Thread Riku Voipio
On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 11:27:22AM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: suceeed in enableing it. Is there any documentation for the files in /sys/devices/platform/IOP3xx-I2C.0/i2c-adapter\:i2c-0/0-002e/ see: Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface How can I set the fan speed manually now and how do I

Re: fan control on thecus n2100

2008-01-09 Thread Frank A. Kingswood
Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Gaudenz Steinlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-09 11:27]: How can I set the fan speed manually now and how do I enable automatic fan control (if possible)? I don't know which tools to use to control it automatically, but here are instructions for manual use: