Thanks for your response. I see no way to adjust the fan speed. Also, I see no way to set the power management settings from high performance to adaptive (i know I can do this in windows and osx).
I have no clue what the graphics card on this machine is. V On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > What graphics card do you have? > I have an Ideapad Y550P and from my research there's no way to control the > fan speed through software. The Thinkpad ACPI driver doesn't work on > Ideapads. > However, you may need to check your general power management settings (if I > remember, if you set to high performance, rather than adaptive, the fan will > be on most of the time) & also your graphic card's power management - if > it's a high-end card, it's creating the most heat. > Peter > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" > -- Robert Frost > > > On 26 November 2010 19:06, Victor van Reijswoud > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a Lenovo G455 (?). The fan does not >> stop spinning although the temperature is not high. >> >> Output from >sensors >> Adapter: Virtual device >> temp1: +59.0°C (crit = +200.0°C) >> temp2: +0.0°C (crit = +200.0°C) >> >> k10temp-pci-00c3 >> Adapter: PCI adapter >> temp1: +58.0°C (high = +70.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) >> >> Does anyone know how to control the fan? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Victor >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> To unsubscribe http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
