Re: T420s 5.9/amd64 fan control?

2016-04-07 Thread Tor Houghton
On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 11:27:11AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > > Someone else recently reported this same issue was fixed by a bios upgrade. > > I'd start there first. > Thanks! A BIOS update did the tricki (dmesg attached). Tor OpenBSD 5.9 (GENERIC.MP) #1888: Fri Feb 26 01:20:19 MST 2016

Re: T420s 5.9/amd64 fan control?

2016-04-06 Thread Tor Houghton
On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 11:27:11AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > > Someone else recently reported this same issue was fixed by a bios upgrade. > > I'd start there first. > Aha. Yes, the dmesg tells me it's from 2011. Ok; thanks for the tip. Tor

Re: T420s 5.9/amd64 fan control?

2016-04-06 Thread Mike Larkin
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

T420s 5.9/amd64 fan control?

2016-04-06 Thread Tor Houghton
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.