I'm new to ubuntu and just installed 13.10, and my fan is making continous noise(sony vpce series)

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I'm so grateful if someone help me to solve.

Check if this helps: http://askubuntu.com/a/46135/169250. It's about controlling fan speed (which of course is why your fan is noisy). — GabrielF, Jan 08 '14 at 22:36
You can either look for them in Ubuntu Software Center or type in your terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T): sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lm-sensors fancontrol — GabrielF, Jan 08 '14 at 23:15
Setting up fancontrol (1:3.3.3-1ubuntu1) ...

Not starting fancontrol; run pwmconfig first.

Processing triggers for ureadahead ... — user233368, Jan 08 '14 at 23:30
It's normal... just follow the instructions in the original link, steps 2-4. — GabrielF, Jan 08 '14 at 23:32
sudo /etc/init.d/module-init-tools restart sudo: /etc/init.d/module-init-tools: command not found — user233368, Jan 08 '14 at 23:41
This is outdated... this command should be substituted for this: sudo service kmod start. — GabrielF, Jan 09 '14 at 00:05
possible duplicate of Fan is always on, CPU usage is rather low and can't find the fan or thermal_zone proc files — bain, May 27 '14 at 11:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '14 at 01:25

These might be a little more work than you need to go through. What kind of graphics card (if any) do you have? I have an nvidia card and it was going nuts as soon as I installed Ubuntu 13.10.

Turns out..I was running on the open source video drivers and not the proprietary nvidia drivers. Once I upgraded (Go to Ubuntu Software Center > Edit > Softward Sources > Additional Drivers > you should see a list of possible options) to the proprietary drivers and restarted, my fans went back to normal.

I'm new to ubuntu and just installed 13.10, and my fan is making continous noise(sony vpce series)

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