On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 07:24:03PM +0200, Tor Houghton wrote: > Hello, > > 5.9 installed just fine, but I am wondering if there are any means of > controlling the fan (detected as hw.sensors.acpithinkpad0.fan0) - it seems > to be spinning at ~4000rpm, even when X isn't running and the CPU is idle. > > I've apmd running, and thought perhaps "apm -A" might do the trick. Appears > to have no effect, so .. looking at acpithinkpad.c, and though there is code > to read the fan speed (high or low) there doesn't seem to be any > corresponding "set fan speed" code...? > > Am I out of luck? > > Regards, > > Tor >
Someone else recently reported this same issue was fixed by a bios upgrade. I'd start there first. -ml
