I guess you have lm_sensors intalled. Have read this: /usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-3.1.1/doc/fancontrol.txt
-Tito. On 26 December 2011 00:03, Yasha Karant <[email protected]> wrote: > Is anyone familiar with a HP 8530 laptop? > > In general, or for this model or HP family in particular, how does one > control the fan speed? > > To date: > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/acpi/fan/FANG/state > status: off > [root@localhost ~]# fancontrol status > Loading configuration from /etc/fancontrol ... > Error: Can't read configuration file > > > I definitely can feel the fan running. I have removed and replaced the > keyboard to get access to the fan so that I could use compressed dusting > gas to remove any dust accumulations (a relatively simple procedure for > this particular model), and have observed some reduction in running > temperature as reported by gkrellm. Currently, CPUZ is 63 C with a CPU > composite load average of approximately 40 percent. > > Is there an OS environment (currently, SL 6x) or, for those familiar with > these HP machines, a BIOS, mechanism for forcing the fan to maximum? How > does one "fix" /etc/fancontrol, or is this not feasible/useful? > > Yasha Karant >
