Thanks again for the reply. I have looked a bit in the bios, but haven't found any settings that would allow control over the fans in any way.
When I have some time, I might look into the ACPI control a bit. Let me know, if you succeed in finding a solution before I do ;) -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Morten Bjerremann Nielsen On Tue, 2014-06-03 at 12:42 -0400, John Hupp wrote: > See my follow-up post, "Laptop ACPI fan control," for a new summary of > things. And I'm still studying the matter, even for my own sake. > > But you have arrived at the point where lm-sensors is saying that it > can't do anything for you except read the CPU temp. > > If the Acer BIOS does not provide fan control (you've already looked > at that?), then the only other "easy" venue would be control via ACPI. > Many laptops don't support this. However, I see that Acer often does. > Check to see if /proc/acpi/fan exists and what, if any contents it > has. Likewise with /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points. > > On 6/3/2014 12:05 PM, Morten Bjerremann Nielsen wrote: > > > Hey John. > > > > Sorry for the late response -work took up the most of my time. > > > > When I run the "sudo sensors-detect" the result is this(Yes to all): > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done. > > Just press ENTER to continue: > > > > Driver `coretemp': > > * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9) > > > > To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules: > > #----cut here---- > > # Chip drivers > > coretemp > > #----cut here---- > > If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will > > contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! > > > > Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > But when choose to add it to the /etc/modules nothing happens. > > And it looks like to me, that it only detects thermal sensors, and no > > pwm controllers. Or am I just missing something here? :) > > > > -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Morten Bjerremann Nielsen On > > Fri, 2014-05-30 at 20:20 -0400, John Hupp wrote: > > > > You say that you installed lm-sensors (and fancontrol, although I > > > > think fancontrol is simply part of the lm-sensors package) and detail > > > > some things about lsmod and the desired fan control settings. > > > > > > > > But when you ran sensors-detect, what did it detect, and what if any > > > > modules did it proposed to install? > > > > > > > > I say this because the README warns regarding laptops: > > > > > > > > HARDWARE SUPPORT > > > > ---------------- > > > > > > > > To find out what hardware you have, just run 'sensors-detect' as > > > > root. > > > > > > > > Most modern mainboards incorporate some form of hardware > > > > monitoring chips. > > > > These chips read things like chip temperatures, fan rotation > > > > speeds and > > > > voltage levels. There are quite a few different chips which can be > > > > used by > > > > mainboard builders for approximately the same results. > > > > > > > > Laptops, on the other hand, rarely expose any hardware monitoring > > > > chip. They often have some BIOS and/or ACPI magic to get the CPU > > > > temperature value, but that's about it. For such laptops, the > > > > lm-sensors > > > > package is of no use (sensors-detect will not find anything), and > > > > you have > > > > to use acpi instead. > > > > > > > > This package doesn't contain chip-specific knowledge. It will > > > > support all > > > > the hardware monitoring chips your kernel has drivers for. In > > > > other words, > > > > if you find out that you have unsupported hardware (e.g. > > > > sensors-detect > > > > told you so) then it means that you need a more recent kernel, or > > > > you > > > > even need to wait for a new kernel driver to be written. Updating > > > > the > > > > lm-sensors package itself will not help. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/29/2014 4:34 AM, Morten Bjerremann Nielsen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, for the answer Israel. > > > > > > > > > > > > I will try to give you the info, in this reply :) > > > > > > > > > > > > My CPU is a 64bit (Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3337U CPU @ 1.80GHz). > > > > > > > > > > > > The output of the lshw is attached as a text file, with this reply. > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't had this running on any previous version, but i'm > > > > > > currently > > > > > > running Linux V5-572G 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 > > > > > > 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux. > > > > > > > > > > > > It's my first time running Lubuntu on this computer. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope you can help. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Morten Bjerremann Nielsen On > > > > > > Tue, 2014-05-27 at 20:47 -0500, Israel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, it would help to know more about your processor... it > > > > > > > > > > looks like you > > > > > > > > > > have intel, so is it 32bit or 64? > > > > > > > > > > a more exact model name would also be helpful, to others > > > > > > > > > > who know more > > > > > > > > > > about this... > > > > > > > > > > The command lshw (or rather 'sudo lshw') will list out your > > > > > > > > > > hardware. > > > > > > > > > > please run it as sudo, so a more complete output it > > > > > > > > > > generated. > > > > > > > > > > you can output it into a file by running something like: > > > > > > > > > > sudo lshw > lshw.txt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! Also, it is usually very useful to know the exact > > > > > > > > > > Kernel and > > > > > > > > > > version of the OS you are using > > > > > > > > > > uname -a will show all the info about the kernel version > > > > > > > > > > and I am guessing you might be using 14.04... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also... have you had this working in a previous version, or > > > > > > > > > > is this the > > > > > > > > > > first time you have used Lubuntu on this computer? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 05/27/2014 12:42 PM, Morten Bjerremann Nielsen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to get the "acerhdf.conf" to work on my > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Acer Aspire V5-572G. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've installed the "lm-sensors" and "fancontrol" as > > > > > > > > > > > > > > well, but nothing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > works. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My wish, is for the fans to constantly run a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > little, because i game a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lot and wan't my computer to run cool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the settings I wish to use: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "options acerhdf kernelmode = 1 fanon = 45000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fanoff = 40000" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And this is the output of "lsmod": > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Module Size Used by > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ctr 13049 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ccm 17773 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bbswitch 13943 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dm_crypt 23177 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > acer_wmi 32522 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sparse_keymap 13948 1 acer_wmi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rfcomm 69160 8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > intel_rapl 18773 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bnep 19624 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > x86_pkg_temp_thermal 14205 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > intel_powerclamp 14705 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > kvm_intel 143060 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > kvm 451511 1 kvm_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crct10dif_pclmul 14289 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crc32_pclmul 13113 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ghash_clmulni_intel 13259 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hda_codec_hdmi 46207 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hda_codec_realtek 61438 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > aesni_intel 55624 379 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > aes_x86_64 17131 1 aesni_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lrw 13286 1 aesni_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gf128mul 14951 1 lrw > > > > > > > > > > > > > > glue_helper 13990 1 aesni_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ablk_helper 13597 1 aesni_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cryptd 20359 189 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hda_intel 52355 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hda_codec 192906 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > uvcvideo 80885 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec > > > > > > > > > > > > > > videobuf2_vmalloc 13216 1 uvcvideo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > binfmt_misc 17468 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > joydev 17381 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > videobuf2_memops 13362 1 videobuf2_vmalloc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_pcm 102099 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > serio_raw 13462 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > videobuf2_core 40664 1 uvcvideo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_page_alloc 18710 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > videodev 134688 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > uvcvideo,videobuf2_core > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_seq_midi 13324 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > arc4 12608 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_rawmidi 30144 1 snd_seq_midi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ath3k 13318 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ath9k 164164 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > btusb 32412 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ath9k_common 13551 1 ath9k > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ath9k_hw 453856 2 ath9k_common,ath9k > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lpc_ich 21080 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ath 28698 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bluetooth 395423 23 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bnep,ath3k,btusb,rfcomm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mac80211 626489 1 ath9k > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_seq 61560 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rtsx_pci_ms 18151 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_seq_device 14497 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cfg80211 484040 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_timer 29482 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq > > > > > > > > > > > > > > memstick 16966 1 rtsx_pci_ms > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd 69238 13 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > soundcore 12680 1 snd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mei_me 18627 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mei 82274 1 mei_me > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nvidia 10675249 27 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > parport_pc 32701 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wmi 19177 1 acer_wmi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ppdev 17671 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mac_hid 13205 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > coretemp 13435 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lp 17759 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hid_generic 12548 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > usbhid 52616 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hid 106148 2 hid_generic,usbhid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rtsx_pci_sdmmc 23274 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i915 783485 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > psmouse 102222 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > drm_kms_helper 52758 1 i915 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ahci 25819 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > libahci 32168 1 ahci > > > > > > > > > > > > > > drm 302817 5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > r8169 67581 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rtsx_pci 45956 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rtsx_pci_ms,rtsx_pci_sdmmc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mii 13934 1 r8169 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > video 19476 2 i915,acer_wmi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope one of you out there has a solution to my > > > > > > > > > > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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