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I am running Ubuntu 13.10 on a Dell Inspiron 3521 and I keep getting this error message whenever I try to use i8kctl fan 1 1:

Can't open /proc/i8k: No such file or directory

I can easily fix it during my current session by running in a terminal:

sudo modprobe i8k

However, I would like to know if there is a way to make my fans start on low automatically after turning my computer on, without having to enter anything in the terminal.

I am very new to Ubuntu, so I'm sorry if I don't understand what you are talking about.

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The file /etc/modules lists the modules that should be automatically loaded on start up.

Make sure it has this line:

i8k

and you will not need to modprobe that module.

Run the following command to append the above line to /etc/modules:

echo 'i8k' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
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