/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-3.1.1/README said you can use sensors-detect

This might also help you: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lm_sensors

-Tito.


On 26 December 2011 03:12, Yasha Karant <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/25/2011 06:04 PM, MT Julianto wrote:
>
>> 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]
>> <mailto:[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
>>
>>
>>  [root@localhost ~]# pwmconfig
> # pwmconfig revision 5630 (2009-01-29)
> This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
> controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
> your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
> circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.
>
> We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
> The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
> after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
> physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
> after the program has completed.
>
> /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed
>
> end output.
>
> Thus, your suggestion fails (actually, pwmconfig was one of the first
> things I tried).  There may be a different version/switch/program that
> handles non-pwm sensor modules or there may be such hardware/firmware
> modules on this particular computer but these have not been interfaced to /
> activated by the OS environment.  How does one discover if pwm
> hardware/firmware is present?
>
> NB:  When I first joined this list, I was railed against for
> replying/posting to the front of an email/list thread/message (a practice
> common with other email correspondence); thus, I am replying to the
> end/bottom.
>
> Yasha Karant
>

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