how to adjust fan speed?

Olga Urban olga at urbantimes.net
Thu Jun 2 15:22:36 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 03:49, Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> > I just installed Linux on a former NT box. When it had NT, after boot up it
> > used to either slow down or shut down the fan, and there was almost no
> > noise. However, after I installed Linux, the noise persists and it's really
> > loud. How do I adjust the fan speed? Thank you. 
> 
> If the box supports ACPI you can set the fans to automatic mode:
> echo -n 3 > /proc/apci/fan/ <name> /state
> 
The system does not support ACPI and APM. What do I do? Help! The fan is
really loud.




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