2

Is there a way to control fan speed of MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS because it heats up quickly without intensive workload.Pls Help

psp077
  • 123
  • 1
  • 2
  • 6
  • Do you hear the fan running pretty loud already when it heats up? – Bernard Wei Jul 20 '18 at 17:36
  • Nope Its quiet like fans are not speeding up.When i used to use mac os and windows 10, fan speed would increase during workload and i also could manually control fan speed...But ubuntu is not able to do so neither can i manually increase fan speed.Pls help me how can i do so that my macbook reamains cool and work efficiently – psp077 Jul 21 '18 at 07:40
  • Try following the instruction from an old answers, it suppose to still work. It will help you spin up the fan, I'd suggest turn the fan on the near the max and keep it that way for cpu longevity. https://askubuntu.com/questions/22108/how-to-control-fan-speed – Bernard Wei Jul 23 '18 at 17:30

1 Answers1

1

Installing this fan control daemon from the repos has worked for me on my mid-2012:

$ sudo apt install macfanctld

Reboot and follow that up with installing lm-sensors and checking your core temps:

$ sudo apt install lm-sensors

$ sensors

If you swap the install order, you can test both before and after temps.

positronikal
  • 11