Questions tagged [fancontrol]

Controlling speeds of fans on laptops and desktops. "fancontrol" is also the name of a program for this task in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

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Controlling Fan speed

I recently installed Ubuntu on to a HP Presario CQ60 The fan works but at a constant slow speed. I have tried installing fancontrol but with no success process came up with this message /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules…
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How can I turn my Fan on full speed all the time?

How can I make my laptop fan speed be full all the time? Toshiba Satellite
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The fan on my laptop runs constantly in Ubuntu

Maybe someone asked this already, but i must ask why my cooler constantly blowing when i start ubuntu? When I'm on Windows 7 its normal, cooler blowing just when I play some game. Here is my Laptop configuration : AMD® Fusion APU Quad Core A8-3500M…
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Pwmconfig not writing to /etc/fancontrol

So I decided to switch from Win8 to Ubuntu for dev (all the team uses..), and so I have the it-seems-classic problem of 'fan was quiet under Win and blasts with Ubuntu' I've tried everything - loaded all the apps - read all the info I could find.…
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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
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On ubuntu 14.04.2 сooler spinning too fast

I used Ubuntu 14.04.1 and everything worked well.Recently I tried to install Ubuntu 14.04.2, but the CPU fan began spinning madly fast.The same occured when I installed ubuntu 15.04.I use a desktop with the asus H61 M-K motherboard and GeForce GT…
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I updated Ubuntu and the fan stopped

I was using Ubuntu 16.04 for a month and the fan was always running at high speed (I am using an Acer Aspire E-14). I updated my system today and the fan is quiet. Is this normal? I expected performance enhancements but I don't know if this is…
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Cooling fan goes crazy at every warm boot. Any setting possibilities?

I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux. I just installed 13.04 on HP/Compaq 6910p laptop. Erased Windows7. When I do a cold boot the fan runs normally but when the screen has been down and opened again, it run like in a dessert. Any good ideas for…
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toshiba tecra m3-s636 fan control

I cant seem to figure out how to control my fanspeed. The laptop is getting too hot and shutting down after i upgraded to new 12.04 ubuntu. The fan does not sound like it is running as fast as normal. Please help
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Laptop overheating

I have a Toshiba L500-128 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit OS, the only problem I have is the overheating of my CPU, with temperatures from 70 to 90 C. I think that this is related to the usage of the CPU fan. How can I fix it ?
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Fancontrol throws "file doesn't exist" but still works after manual start

I am running into a problem with fancontrol that I cannot fix. I tried things I found on internet but none of them seem to work. Hopefully you can help me. Problem Fancontrol does not start at bootup. When executing fancontrol in the terminal I got…
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how can i control fan speed on ubuntu 21.10?

is there any way to check the fan speed? and increase/decrease the speed? This is because my PC goes above 80deg but i cant hear any fans. So yes i don't want a gas stove so is there any way to like control the fans? In windows there is an app…
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Can't properly set up fancontrol

I tried setting up fancontrol, but the pwmconfig command seemed not to work. I also built fancontrol-gui, but it doesn't show any fans. I can't figure out why I can't set it up. Additional information Distro: Kubuntu 21.10 Setup guide I…
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Fan control doesn't work

My laptop fan doesn't work now. I want to control it. The sensors command doesn't show the fan speed. ahmet@ahmet:~$ sensors coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Package id 0: +45.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) Core 0: +41.0°C …
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